Routing strategies in photonic networks for multiprocessor systems

Author

Oerreault, J. ; Dowd, Patrick W.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., State Univ. of New York, Buffalo, NY, USA

Volume

1

fYear

1993

fDate

11-14 Oct 1993

Firstpage

293

Abstract

The interaction of an electronic routing fabric on two optical networks, Wavelength Division Multiple Access Channel Hypercube (WMCH) and shuffle net, is studied. Electronic routing fabrics are used as an alternative to the more costly all-optical routing fabrics. Significant routing delays are introduced during multihop communication because of the speed mismatch between the optics and the electronics. Three possible routing mechanisms are described and analyzed: store-and-forward, wormhole routing, and partial wormhole routing

Keywords

delays; hypercube networks; military communication; multi-access systems; photonic switching systems; telecommunication network routing; wavelength division multiplexing; Wavelength Division Multiple Access Channel Hypercube; electronic routing fabric; multihop communication; multiprocessor systems; partial wormhole routing; photonic networks; routing delays; routing mechanisms; speed mismatch; store-and-forward; wormhole routing; Computer architecture; Costs; Delay; Fabrics; Hypercubes; Intelligent networks; Multiprocessing systems; Optical fiber communication; Routing; Spread spectrum communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Military Communications Conference, 1993. MILCOM '93. Conference record. Communications on the Move., IEEE

Conference_Location

Boston, MA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0953-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MILCOM.1993.408503

Filename

408503