Performance Model of an Optical Switch using Fiber Delay Lines for Resolving Contentions

  • Authors:

  • Ayman G. Fayoumi;Anura P. Jayasumana

  • Affiliations:

  • -;-

  • Venue:
  • LCN '03 Proceedings of the 28th Annual IEEE International Conference on Local Computer Networks
  • Year:
  • 2003

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Abstract

The performance of an optical switch that handles contentionresolution using a fiber delay line (FDL) is modeledand evaluated. We propose using a simple optical bufferthat contains only a single FDL for contention resolution.The analytical model derived for the performance of anoptical switch based on this buffer is verified using simulations.The analytical model can be utilized with bothpacket and burst switching schemes to characterize the performanceof switches augmented with this FDL architecture.