Title :
Software-defined photonic network-on-chip
Author :
Junhui Wang ; Ming Zhu ; Chao Peng ; Lewen Zhou ; Yue Qian ; Wenhua Dou
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Comput., Nat. Univ. of Defense Technol., Chang´sha, China
fDate :
April 29 2014-May 1 2014
Abstract :
In photonic network-on-chips (PNoC), it is very important to improve the utilization of photonic resources. This paper is the first one that extends the software-defined networking (SDN) concept to photonic NoC design. Based on the principle of a centralized control plane separated from the network forwarding or switching plane, we propose a Software-defined photonic network-on-chip (SD-PNoC) architecture. Then, we present the detailed communication protocol and the microar-chitecture of central controller. Finally, the opportunities and challenges for designing SDN-based PNoC is discussed.
Keywords :
centralised control; integrated optics; network-on-chip; protocols; software defined networking; SD-PNoC architecture; central controller; centralized control plane; communication protocol; microarchitecture; network forwarding; photonic NoC design; photonic resources; software-defined networking concept; software-defined photonic network-on-chip; switching plane; Computer architecture; Network-on-chip; Optical buffering; Optical fiber networks; Optical switches; Photonics; Network-on-Chip; SDN; central con-troller; photonic;
Conference_Titel :
e-Technologies and Networks for Development (ICeND), 2014 Third International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Beirut
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-3165-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICeND.2014.6991365
