Title :
The OptIPuter, Quartzite, and Starlight projects: a campus to global-scale testbed for optical technologies enabling LambdaGrid computing
Author :
Smarr, Larry ; Ford, J. ; Papadopoulos, Panagiotis ; Fainman, S.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
Abstract :
Dedicated optical connections have significant advantages over shared Internet connections. The OptIPuter project (www.optiputer.net) uses medical and earth sciences imaging as application drivers. Quartzite (UCSD) and Starlight (Chicago) create unique combinations of OEO routers and OOO and wavelength-selective optical switches.
Keywords :
Internet; grid computing; optical fibre networks; optical switches; telecommunication network routing; Internet; LambdaGrid computing; OEO routers; OOO switch; OptIPuter project; Quartzite projects; Starlight projects; dedicated optical connections; wavelength-selective optical switches; Biomedical optical imaging; Circuits; High speed optical techniques; Internet; Optical computing; Optical fiber networks; Optical network units; Optical packet switching; Optical switches; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2005. Technical Digest. OFC/NFOEC
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-783-0
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2005.192748
