Hypercube-based local lightwave networks

The authors propose a ring topology, connected by an optical fiber medium, to implement the routing functions supported by the hypercube topology. They implement the hypercube topology on a local lightwave network using wavelength-division multiplexing of optical fibers. A simple static routing scheme is used which allows for concurrent interprocess communications. The proposed network provides the necessary bandwidth to perform distributed and parallel computing over local area networks. The hypercube-based local lightwave network implemented on a multichannel ring topology is shown to require fewer channels than similar size ShuffleNet networks. The network architecture and routing scheme are presented. Possible applications are discussed