Title :
A multihop multi-OPS optical interconnection network
Author :
Coudert, David ; Ferreira, Afonso ; Muñoz, Xavier
Author_Institution :
INRIA-13S, CNRS, Sophia-Antipolis, France
fDate :
12/1/2000 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
In this paper, we study the design of regular multicast networks implemented with optical passive star (OPS) couplers. We focus on an architecture based on both Kautz graphs and stack-graphs, and show that it is very cost-effective with respect to its resources requirements, namely the number of OPS couplers, power budget, scalability and number of transceivers, and presents a large ratio number-of-nodes/diameter. The important issue of medium access control is also addressed and control protocol for accessing the optical couplers are given and analyzed. Finally, we show through simulation that these control protocols efficiently implement shortest path routing on these networks.
Keywords :
access protocols; graphs; multiprocessor interconnection networks; optical couplers; optical receivers; optical transmitters; transceivers; Kautz graphs; control protocol; cost-effective; medium access control; multihop multi-OPS optical interconnection network; optical couplers; optical passive star couplers; power budget; regular multicast networks; resources requirements; scalability; stack-graphs; transceivers; Access protocols; Couplers; Media Access Protocol; Optical control; Optical design; Optical fiber networks; Optical interconnections; Scalability; Spread spectrum communication; Transceivers;
Journal_Title :
Lightwave Technology, Journal of
