SBIR Phase I: Parallel Non-Blocking Routing Algorithm Implementation for Free-Space All-Optical Interconnect

高速光互联有望在国家信息基础设施的发展中发挥重要作用。在一个依赖信息技术来提高生活质量和生产力的世界里，许多任务都需要创建、处理和传输具有巨大信息量的图像。因此，对能够实现高数据速率的更宽带宽硬件的巨大需求。Reveo，Inc.的这个小型企业创新研究(SBIR)第一阶段项目将开发一种路由算法，该算法与一种革命性的、能够达到数太比特/秒的全光交叉开关一起工作，该交换机正在根据另一个国家科学基金会SBIR项目进行开发。此路由算法将使Reveo能够充分发挥纵横制交换机的潜力。拟议的研究计划将专注于设计和实现可扩展到大型网络规模的新型路由算法。除了整个系统的多太比特数据速率外，无阻塞路由算法的重新配置速度接近纳秒时间尺度。在所有的交换网络中，路由都是必不可少的操作。拟议的路由算法以及全光交叉开关将在一个价值数十亿美元的高速网络市场内商业化，该市场正在显著增长。

High-speed optical interconnections promise to play a major role in the development of the national information infrastructure. Numerous tasks in a world reliant on information technology to improve the quality of life and productivity require the creation, processing, and transmission of images which have tremendous information content. Hence the enormous demand for wider bandwidth hardware that enables the realization of high data rates. This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project from Reveo, Inc. will develop a routing algorithm that works in conjunction with a revolutionary all-optical crossbar switch that is capable of multi-tera-bit/second, which is being developed under a separate National Science Foundation SBIR project. This routing algorithm will enable Reveo to realize the full potential of the crossbar switch. The proposed program of research will focus on the design and implementation of the novel routing algorithm that can be scaled up to large network sizes. In addition to the multi-tera-bit data rate of the whole system, the non-blocking routing algorithm features reconfiguration speeds that approach the nanosecond time scale. Routing is an essential operation in all switching networks. The proposed routing algorithm, along with the all-optical crossbar switch, will be commercialized within a multi-billion dollar high-speed networking market which is growing significantly.