Publications:On inter-cluster communication in a time-deterministic WDM star network
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| Title | On inter-cluster communication in a time-deterministic WDM star network |
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| Author | Magnus Jonsson and Bertil Svensson |
| Year | 1997 |
| PublicationType | Conference Paper |
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| HostPublication | Proc. 2nd Workshop on Optics and Computer Science (WOCS), Geneva, Switzerland, Apr. 1, 1997 |
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| Diva url | http://hh.diva-portal.org/smash/record.jsf?searchId=1&pid=diva2:239986 |
| Abstract | Future real-time applications requiring massively parallel computer systems also put high demands on the interconnection network. By connecting several WDM star clusters by a backbone star, forming a star-of-stars network, we get a modular high-bandwidth network. In this paper we show how to achieve time-deterministic packet switched communication in such networks, even for inter-cluster communication. An analysis of how the deterministic latency and node bandwidth vary with design parameters is presented. We also propose a general clock-synchronization scheme, improving the worst-case latency with up to 33 percentages. |
