Collaborative Research: NeTS FIND: Dynamic Optical Circuit Switched (DOCS) Networks for Future Large Scale Dynamic Networking Environments

该项目旨在研究利用光子集成电路（PICs）的动态光网络技术的新型动态交换光网络架构。这些技术通过提供一种动态的、可重新配置的、高带宽的网络媒介，有可能影响未来的互联网架构，这在今天的互联网中是不可用的。将像GENI和Future Internet这样的网络基础设施转移到动态光交换技术上有很大的好处，这种技术可以提供更好的可扩展性、更低的功耗和更小的占地面积。光传输网络特性（如拓扑和带宽）的虚拟化是DOCS技术可能实现的新功能的例子。该项目的预期成果将是新的集成光技术、网络算法和架构，为依赖于带宽和连接虚拟化的下一代网络提供低成本、动态光电路交换支持。这项工作的潜在影响将是克服当前本地数据网络和远程数据网络之间的技术和经济不匹配，实现能够以低成本支持许多同时进行的多千兆实验的网络基础设施。

This project is designed to investigate new dynamically switched optical networking architectures using dynamic optical network technologies that leverage photonic integrated circuits (PICs). These technologies have the potential to impact Future Internet architecture by offering a dynamic, reconfigurable, high-bandwidth networking medium not available in today's Internet. There is great benefit to move network infrastructures like GENI and Future Internet to dynamic optical switching technologies that provide better scaling, lower power and smaller footprint. Virtualization of optical transport network characteristics, like topology and bandwidth, are examples of new capabilities possible with DOCS technology. The expected outcome of this project will be new integrated optical technologies and networking algorithms and architectures that support low cost, dynamic optical circuit switching for future generation networks that rely on virtualization of bandwidth and connectivity. The potential impact of this work will be to overcome current technology and economic mismatches between local data networks and long distance data networks, realizing a network infrastructure that can support many simultaneous multi-gigabit experiments at low cost.