Simplified layering and flexible bandwidth with TWIN
Proceedings of the ACM SIGCOMM workshop on Future directions in network architecture
Virtual Fully Connected WDM Network: Architecture, Scheduling and Performance Evaluation
BROADNETS '04 Proceedings of the First International Conference on Broadband Networks
Performance of a distributed scheduling protocol for TWIN
ACM SIGMETRICS Performance Evaluation Review
Combinatorics, Probability and Computing
Performance analysis of a novel traffic scheduling algorithm in slotted optical networks
Computer Communications
Achieving 100% throughput in reconfigurable optical networks
IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (TON)
Optical Switching and Networking
Buffered time-wavelength cross-connects: Architectures and performance evaluation
Optical Switching and Networking
Wavelength-reuse in optical time-slotted networks
Optical Switching and Networking
Physical topology design for all-optical networks
Optical Switching and Networking
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We present a new optics-based transport architecture that emulates fast switching in the network core via emerging fast tunable lasers at the network edge, and bypasses the need for fast optical switching and buffering. The new architecture is capable of handling both asynchronous and synchronous traffic, for dealing with various bandwidth granularities and responding to dynamic changes in end-to-end traffic demands. The architecture also reduces the amount of layering in the transport network by eliminating packet and TDM switching, keeps the network core light (lightweight and transparent), and pushes intelligence to the network edge. We discuss technical challenges that arise in the new architecture and describe possible approaches to address them.