• DocumentCode
    1139152
  • Title

    Min-cost Max-flow characterization of shared-FDL optical switches

  • Author

    Rodelgo-Lacruz, M. ; López-Bravo, C. ; González-Casta, F.J. ; Gil-Castiñeira, F. ; Chao, H.J.

  • Author_Institution
    Gradiant, Spain
  • Volume
    13
  • Issue
    7
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    7/1/2009 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    543
  • Lastpage
    545
  • Abstract
    We characterize the assignment of shared fiber delay loops (FDLs) in optical switches as a min-cost max-flow problem to obtain a bound on their optimum performance.
  • Keywords
    minimax techniques; optical fibre networks; optical switches; packet switching; min-cost max-flow characterization; shared fiber delay loop; shared-FDL optical switches; Bipartite graph; Chaos; Delay effects; Fabrics; Helium; Optical buffering; Optical switches; Output feedback; Scheduling algorithm; OPS, FDLs, scheduling algorithms, max-flow.;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Communications Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1089-7798
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/LCOMM.2009.081942
  • Filename
    5166438