A multi-Gb/s optoelectronic packet switching network

Author

Jordan, H.F. ; Sauer, J.R.

Author_Institution

Center for Optoelectron. Comput. Syst., Colorado Univ., Boulder, CO, USA

fYear

1990

fDate

25-27 July 1990

Firstpage

59

Lastpage

60

Abstract

An optical distributed interconnect architecture is described. The system is a multihop, high-capacity network transporting short, compressed packets optically from source to destination. The geographical scale is primarily from backplane to campus-scale environments, although continental scales are not hard to accommodate. The short packets result in maximal flexibility for the network users with packet sizes equal to their natural word size. In addition, optical packet time compression/decompression techniques are used to raise the point-to-point fiber bandwidth above 10 Gb/s, overwhelming contention and other network problems with bandwidth, without requiring high-speed electronics or precision synchronization. The packet compression/decompression techniques are described in some detail.<>

Keywords

optical interconnections; optical links; optical switches; packet switching; 10 Gbit/s; backplane environment; campus-scale environments; continental scales; geographical scale; multi-Gb/s optoelectronic packet switching network; multihop high capacity network; optical distributed interconnect architecture; optical packet time compression/decompression techniques; point-to-point fiber bandwidth; short compressed packets; short packets; Bandwidth; Computer networks; Distributed computing; Light emitting diodes; Optical fiber networks; Optical interconnections; Optical packet switching; Packet switching; Pulse modulation; Pulse width modulation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Multiple Access Networks, 1990. Conference Digest. LEOS Summer Topical on

Conference_Location

Monterey, CA, USA

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OMAN.1990.205437

Filename

205437