Distributed, Dynamic Control of Circuit-Switched Banyan Networks

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  • IPPS '98 Proceedings of the 12th. International Parallel Processing Symposium on International Parallel Processing Symposium
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  • 1998

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Abstract

Circuit-switched Bariyan interconnection networks can be built from simple switching elements that do not hatie logical processing or buffering capabilities. This paper describes a distributed technique for dynamic control of such a network, so that circuits can be established in response to the changing nerds of a parallel application. Control information is interleaved with data, thus avoiding the need for a separate network to process control messages. These techniques are particularly useful in optical networks, where it may be desirable to provide all-optical circuit-switched connections.