Scaling Terabit Networks: Breaking Through Capacity Barriers and Lowering Cost with New Architectures and Technologies

扩展太比特网络：利用新架构和技术突破容量障碍并降低成本

• 批准号: 1346666
• 负责人: Daniel Kilper
• 金额: $ 4.9万
• 依托单位: University of Arizona
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-07-01 至 2014-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1346666&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Scaling; Terabit; Networks; Breaking; Through

This project is for a workshop on "Scaling Terabit Networks: Breaking Through Capacity Barriers and Lowering Cost with New Architectures and Technologies," to be held at the Optical Society of America (OSA) headquarters in Washington, DC, on September 19-20, 2013. The goal of the workshop is to develop a set of "grand challenges" for the optical networking community. This will be accomplished by: exploring how new network architectures driven by changing traffic patterns, virtualization and programmability drive new requirements for the optics, and how emerging photonic components can help scale these architectures to terabit capacities; rethinking the operating system interface and application interface to the network; exploring what physical layer phenomena and characteristics need to be communicated to the higher layers and what higher-layer functions can benefit from physical layer intelligence; and understanding how optics and electronics will be used together in the future and what their respective metrics will be when used together in an optical networking context.In addressing these technical areas, the workshop will be organized to achieve the following objectives: identify the technological challenges facing terabit networks and continued network scaling; establish key metrics, targets, and capabilities for efficient and scalable terabit networking; set research priorities and requirements within optical networking to enable efficient and scalable terabit networking; and identify application drivers and early adopters of this new technology.Ultra-high capacity optical networks are the key enabler of the ongoing revolution in data-driven science. They are also part of critical infrastructure technologies that the United States needs to maintain national competitiveness and national security. By informing both the U.S. research community as well as NSF and other Federal agencies about key research problems and opportunities, this workshop will support U.S. national interests. The final workshop report will be made publicly available.

该项目是为“扩展太比特网络：通过新架构和技术突破容量障碍并降低成本”研讨会设计的，该研讨会将于2013年9月19日至20日在美国光学学会（OSA）位于华盛顿的总部举行。研讨会的目标是为光网络社区制定一系列“重大挑战”。这将通过以下方式实现：探索由不断变化的流量模式、虚拟化和可编程性驱动的新网络架构如何推动对光学器件的新需求，以及新兴的光子组件如何帮助将这些架构扩展到太比特容量;重新思考网络的操作系统接口和应用程序接口;探索哪些物理层现象和特征需要传达给更高层，以及哪些更高层-物理层智能可使各层功能受益;了解光学和电子在未来如何一起使用，以及在光学网络环境中一起使用时各自的指标。在解决这些技术领域时，将组织研讨会以实现以下目标：确定太比特网络面临的技术挑战和持续的网络扩展;建立有效和可扩展的太比特网络的关键指标，目标和能力;在光网络中设置研究优先事项和要求，以实现有效和可扩展的太比特网络;超高容量光纤网络是数据驱动科学领域持续革命的关键推动力。它们也是美国维持国家竞争力和国家安全所需的关键基础设施技术的一部分。通过向美国研究界以及NSF和其他联邦机构通报关键的研究问题和机会，该研讨会将支持美国的国家利益。研讨会的最后报告将向公众提供。