Implementation issues for very-large-capacity ATM switching fabrics optically intra-connected

Author

Hino, Shigeki ; Urushidani, Shigeo ; Nishikido, Jun ; Yamasaki, Kimiyoshi

Author_Institution

NTT Commun. Switching Lab., Tokyo, Japan

fYear

1992

Firstpage

208

Abstract

Hardware design and implementation issues associated with very-large-capacity asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) switching fabrics having terabit/second throughputs are discussed. The fabrics are based on the rerouting network, whose interconnection architecture is transformed into a sophisticated representation suitable for system partitioning and LSI implementation. The board-to-board interconnection bottleneck is removed by multigigabit/second optical interconnections. A high-speed switching LSI circuit has been fabricated and 2.8-Gb/s optical interconnect modules have been designed to show the feasibility of the proposed fabrics

Keywords

BiCMOS integrated circuits; asynchronous transfer mode; digital integrated circuits; integrated optoelectronics; large scale integration; optical interconnections; switching networks; 2.8 Gbit/s; BiCMOS LSI; hardware design; high-speed switching LSI circuit; implementation; interconnection architecture; optical interconnect modules; optical intraconnection; rerouting network; terabit/second throughputs; very-large-capacity ATM switching fabrics; Asynchronous transfer mode; Communication switching; Fabrics; Hardware; Large scale integration; Optical design; Optical interconnections; Optical switches; Routing; Switching systems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Global Telecommunications Conference, 1992. Conference Record., GLOBECOM '92. Communication for Global Users., IEEE

Conference_Location

Orlando, FL

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0608-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GLOCOM.1992.276491

Filename

276491