Optical flow switching: An end-to-end “UltraFlow” architecture

Author

Chan, Vincent W. S. ; Lei Zheng ; Huang, Heng ; Weichenberg, Guy ; Ganguly, Anshuman

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA, USA

fYear

2013

fDate

23-27 June 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

We describe the design of an optical network architecture that will satisfy dramatic increases in data rate demands of emerging applications. Optical flow switching (OFS), will enable significant rate growth of > 10³, with power-efficiency and cost-effective scalability of next-generation networks. We will describe architecture concepts germinated 24 years ago, technology and testbed demonstrations performed in the last 19 years, and the architecture construct from the Physical Layer to the Transport Layer of an implementable optical flow switching network that is scalable and manageable. Recent architecture for an NSF-funded Internet Research Program “UltraFlow”, for which OFS can be used, will be described.

Keywords

Internet; next generation networks; optical switches; telecommunication network management; telecommunication switching; NSF-funded Internet Research Program; OFS; cost-effective scalability; data rate demands; end-to-end ultraflow architecture; next-generation networks; optical flow switching network; optical network architecture; physical layer; power-efficiency; transport layer; Computer architecture; High-speed optical techniques; Integrated optics; Local area networks; Optical fiber networks; Optical switches; Wide area networks; optical flow switching; optical network architecture;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2013 15th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Cartagena

ISSN

2161-2056

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTON.2013.6602704

Filename

6602704