• DocumentCode
    1150792
  • Title

    A four-terabit packet switch supporting long round-trip times

  • Author

    Abel, François ; Minkenberg, Cyriel ; Luijten, Ronald P. ; Gusat, Mitchell ; Iliadis, Ilias

  • Author_Institution
    IBM Zurich Res. Lab., Ruschlikon, Switzerland
  • Volume
    23
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    2003
  • Firstpage
    10
  • Lastpage
    24
  • Abstract
    This 4-TBPS packet switch uses a combined input- and crosspoint-queued (CICQ) structure with virtual output queuing at the ingress to achieve the scalability of input-buffered switches, the performance of output-buffered switches, and low latency.
  • Keywords
    packet switching; performance evaluation; telecommunication network routing; telecommunication networks; 4 Tbit/s; CICQ; communications networks; packet switch; packet switches; performance; virtual output queuing; Aggregates; Communication switching; Computer architecture; Computer networks; Delay; Fabrics; Packet switching; Scheduling; Switches; Throughput;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Micro, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0272-1732
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MM.2003.1179894
  • Filename
    1179894