Title :
Scaling photonic packet switches
Author :
Dorren, H.J.S. ; Lucente, S. Di ; Luo, J. ; Calabretta, N.
Author_Institution :
COBRA Res. Inst., Eindhoven Univ. of Technol., Eindhoven, Netherlands
Abstract :
We consider optical switching architectures that allow for scaling to a large number of ports. We show that the complexity of the node control critically depends on the node architecture and impacts the end-to-end latency of the system. We introduce, node architectures with highly distributed control that allow for systems that introduce very low end-to-end latency.
Keywords :
optical control; packet switching; photonic switching systems; end-to-end latency; node architecture; node control; optical switching architectures; photonic packet switches; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Computer architecture; Optical buffering; Optical packet switching; Optical switches; Optical wavelength conversion; datacenter distributed control; integrated devices; optical interconnects; optical switches;
Conference_Titel :
Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2012 14th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Coventry
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2228-7
Electronic_ISBN :
2161-2056
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.2012.6253938
