Realisation and performance of IEEE 1355 DS and HS link based, high speed, low latency packet switching networks

Author

Zhu, M. ; Thornley, D.A. ; Pech, J. ; Martin, B. ; Madsen, N.H. ; Heeley, R. ; Haas, S. ; Dobinson, R.W. ; Anderson, C.R.

Author_Institution

CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

Volume

45

Issue

4

fYear

1998

fDate

8/1/1998 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1849

Lastpage

1853

Abstract

We report on the construction of a 1024 node switching network using IEEE 1355 DS link technology. The nodes are interconnected by a switching fabric based on the STC104 packet switch. The system has been designed and constructed in a modular way in order to allow a variety of different network topologies to be investigated. Network throughput and latency have been studied for different topologies under various traffic conditions including those expected within the second level trigger of the ATLAS experiment. Initial experience using 1 Gbaud IEEE 1355 HS links and switches is also presented

Keywords

IEEE standards; high energy physics instrumentation computing; network topology; packet switching; telecommunication network routing; telecommunication standards; 1024 node; ATLAS; IEEE 1355 DS link; IEEE 1355 HS link; STC104 packet switch; data strobe; high speed link; latency; low latency; modular; packet switching networks; second level trigger; throughput; Delay; Fabrics; Network topology; Packet switching; Protocols; Standards development; Switches; Telecommunication traffic; Testing; Throughput;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/23.710949

Filename

710949