Abstract
The size of an optical passive star and the wavelength range of tunable optical transceivers is limited by current technology. Scalability of passive star networks built with these two limitations is thus an important issue for building large networks. Previously, in [4], we explored the design issues for single star networks employing transceivers with limited tuning range. Here we extend that study by considering the problem of connecting several optical passive stars, each embedded with a given virtual topology, to create larger aggregate networks. The design issues are analyzed and a number of design rules are proposed for building such aggregate networks. We consider the most commonly employed virtual topologies - complete graph, mesh and hypercube.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | IEEE International Performance, Computing & Communications Conference, Proceedings |
Editors | Anon |
Publisher | IEEE |
Pages | 86-93 |
Number of pages | 8 |
State | Published - Jan 1 1998 |
Event | Proceedings of the 1998 IEEE International Performance, Computing and Communications Conference, IPCCC - Phoenix, AZ, USA Duration: Feb 16 1998 → Feb 18 1998 |
Other
Other | Proceedings of the 1998 IEEE International Performance, Computing and Communications Conference, IPCCC |
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City | Phoenix, AZ, USA |
Period | 2/16/98 → 2/18/98 |