2nd International ICST Conference on Broadband Networks

Research Article

A novel parametric WDM interconnect architecture with reduced complexity

  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1109/ICBN.2005.1589724,
        author={Haitham S. Hamza and Jitender S. Deogun},
        title={A novel parametric WDM interconnect architecture with reduced complexity},
        proceedings={2nd International ICST Conference on Broadband Networks},
        publisher={IEEE},
        proceedings_a={BROADNETS},
        year={2006},
        month={2},
        keywords={},
        doi={10.1109/ICBN.2005.1589724}
    }
    
  • Haitham S. Hamza
    Jitender S. Deogun
    Year: 2006
    A novel parametric WDM interconnect architecture with reduced complexity
    BROADNETS
    IEEE
    DOI: 10.1109/ICBN.2005.1589724
Haitham S. Hamza1,*, Jitender S. Deogun1,*
  • 1: Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, NE 68588-0155
*Contact email: hhamza@cse.unl.edu, deogun@cse.unl.edu

Abstract

We present a new optical interconnect architecture that can be used in wavelength division multiplexing synchronous optical packet/burst switching networks. The proposed design uses parametric wavelength converters and wavelength exchange optical crossbars to reduce both switching and wavelength conversion complexity. Our design reduces both the number of wavelength converters as well as the number of space switches compared to most existing designs. We briefly present the architecture and enabling technologies. The main properties of the architecture are also discussed