Title :
Survivability performance evaluation of an optical switch
Author :
Guizani, Mohsen ; Memon, A.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of West Florida, Pensacola, FL, USA
Abstract :
An optical switch is designed and its survivability performance is presented. Its performance/reliability analysis is carried out and compared with two major fault-tolerant networks, Itoh´s (1991) and Benes´. The results show that without redundant switches, better network survivability is achieved. In addition, much less hardware is needed. The preliminary results of the analysis show that the proposed switch has comparable performance to other fault-tolerant networks whereas it outperforms them in other aspects such as the number of extra switches/links, thus providing better cost-effectiveness
Keywords :
fault tolerance; multistage interconnection networks; optical switches; telecommunication network reliability; Benes fault-tolerant network; Itoh fault-tolerant network; cost-effective switch; fault-tolerant networks; multistage interconnection networks; network survivability; optical switch; performance/reliability analysis; survivability performance evaluation; Asynchronous transfer mode; Circuit faults; Fault tolerance; Multiprocessor interconnection networks; Optical switches; Performance analysis; Redundancy; Robustness; Routing; Throughput;
Conference_Titel :
Global Telecommunications Conference, 2000. GLOBECOM '00. IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6451-1
DOI :
10.1109/GLOCOM.2000.891325
