Publications:A Fibre-Optic AWG-Based Real-Time Network and Its Applicability to High-Performance Embedded Computing
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| Title | A Fibre-Optic AWG-Based Real-Time Network and Its Applicability to High-Performance Embedded Computing |
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| Author | Anette Böhm and Magnus Jonsson and Kristina Kunert and Hoai Hoang |
| Year | 2005 |
| PublicationType | Conference Paper |
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| HostPublication | 19th International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium : proceedings |
| DOI | http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/IPDPS.2005.22 |
| Conference | 19th IEEE International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS'05), Denver, CO, USA, April 4-5, 2005 |
| Diva url | http://hh.diva-portal.org/smash/record.jsf?searchId=1&pid=diva2:237562 |
| Abstract | In this paper, an architecture and a Medium Access Control (MAC) protocol for a multi-wavelength optical communication network, applicable in short range communication systems like System Area Networks (SANs), are proposed. The main focus lies on guaranteed support for hard and soft real-time traffic. The network is based upon a single-hop star topology with an Arrayed Waveguide Grating (AWG) at its center. Traffic scheduling is centralized in one node (residing together with the AWG in a hub), which communicates through a physical control channel. The AWG's property of spatial wavelength reuse and the combination of fixed-tuned and tunable transceivers in the nodes enable simultaneous control and data transmission. A case study with defined real-time communication requirements in the field of Radar Signal Processing (RSP) was carried out and indicates that the proposed system is very suitable for this kind of application. |
