Accession Number:

ADP007399

Title:

Photonic Time-Multiplexed Permutation Switching Using the Dilated Slipped Banyan Network,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

PITTSBURGH UNIV PA

Personal Author(s):

• Thompson, Richard A.

Report Date:

1992-05-22

Pagination or Media Count:

4.0

Abstract:

A modification of the classical banyan switching network architecture is called the dilated slipped banyan. This architecture is recursive and switching networks of any size perform permutation switching under a simple switching rule. They also exhibit column-control and dilation, properties that are particularly relevant to guided-wave and free-space photonic technologies. A photonic switching network, with this dilated slipped banyan architecture, is proposed as the hub of an all-optical active-star local-area network.

Descriptors:

• *PHOTONICS
• *OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS
• *OPTICAL SWITCHING
• CONTROL
• HUBS
• LOCAL AREA NETWORKS
• MODIFICATION
• PERMUTATIONS
• STARS
• TIME DIVISION MULTIPLEXING
• COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE
• RECURSIVE FILTERS

Subject Categories:

• Electrooptical and Optoelectronic Devices
• Electricity and Magnetism

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE