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

高速光互联将在国家信息基础设施建设中发挥重要作用。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、处理和传输具有大量信息内容的图像。因此，对实现高数据速率的更宽带宽硬件的巨大需求。这项来自revo公司的小企业创新研究（SBIR）第一阶段项目将开发一种路由算法，该算法将与一种具有多兆位/秒能力的革命性全光交叉条交换机结合使用，该交换机正在一个单独的国家科学基金会SBIR项目下开发。这种路由算法将使revo实现crossbar交换机的全部潜力。提出的研究计划将侧重于设计和实现可以扩展到大型网络规模的新型路由算法。除了整个系统的多兆位数据速率外，非阻塞路由算法还具有接近纳秒时间尺度的重构速度。路由是所有交换网络的基本操作。所提出的路由算法以及全光交叉开关将在数十亿美元的高速网络市场中实现商业化，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.