A novel parametric WDM interconnect architecture with reduced complexity

Author

Hamza, Haitham S. ; Deogun, Jitender S.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Eng., Nebraska-Lincoln Univ., Lincoln, NE

fYear

2005

fDate

7-7 Oct. 2005

Firstpage

1058

Abstract

We present a new optical interconnect architecture that can be used in wavelength division multiplexing synchronous optical packet/burst switching networks. The proposed design uses parametric wavelength converters and wavelength exchange optical crossbars to reduce both switching and wavelength conversion complexity. Our design reduces both the number of wavelength converters as well as the number of space switches compared to most existing designs. We briefly present the architecture and enabling technologies. The main properties of the architecture are also discussed

Keywords

communication complexity; optical fibre networks; optical wavelength conversion; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM interconnect architecture; burst switching networks; optical interconnect architecture; parametric wavelength converters; reduced complexity; synchronous optical packet network; wavelength conversion complexity; wavelength division multiplexing; wavelength exchange optical crossbars; Burst switching; Computer architecture; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber networks; Optical interconnections; Optical network units; Optical packet switching; Optical switches; Optical wavelength conversion; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Broadband Networks, 2005. BroadNets 2005. 2nd International Conference on

Conference_Location

Boston, MA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9276-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICBN.2005.1589724

Filename

1589724