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
fDate :
7/1/2009 12:00:00 AM
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.;
Journal_Title :
Communications Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LCOMM.2009.081942
