Hardware architecture for optical packet and burst switching applications

Author

Mobilon, Eduardo ; Salvador, Marcos R. ; Bernardo, Rodrigo ; Monte, Luis R. ; Oliveira, Vinicius G. ; Pezzolo, Leonardo ; Pereira, Mateus M. ; Coral, Antonio D. ; Oliveira, M. Fernanda M B B F ; Paradisi, Alberto ; Damiani, Furio ; Tatsch, Peter Jurgen ;

Author_Institution

CPqD Telecom & IT Solutions, Campinas

fYear

2006

fDate

3-6 Sept. 2006

Firstpage

728

Lastpage

733

Abstract

This paper describes an innovative packet- switched network architecture hardware prototype, designed and implemented for a proof-of-concept of high-speed optical burst and packet switching applications. Commercially available ASICs and high-density programmable logic devices, with functional blocks implemented in VHDL, were used in the custom-designed boards, built to validate the functionalities of a 3-node network architecture. Computer simulations were also included to verify the network behavior in different traffic scenarios.

Keywords

application specific integrated circuits; hardware description languages; logic design; optical burst switching; packet switching; programmable logic devices; telecommunication network topology; telecommunication traffic; ASIC; VHDL implementation; custom-designed board; functional blocks; hardware architecture design; network traffic; optical burst switching application; optical packet-switched ring network; programmable logic devices; Application software; Burst switching; Computer architecture; Hardware; High speed optical techniques; Optical design; Optical fiber networks; Optical packet switching; Packet switching; Prototypes; Burst and Packet Switching; Digital Circuit Design; Optical Communications; VHDL;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Telecommunications Symposium, 2006 International

Conference_Location

Fortaleza, Ceara

Print_ISBN

978-85-89748-04-9

Electronic_ISBN

978-85-89748-04-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ITS.2006.4433368

Filename

4433368