Optoelectronic neural-network scheduler for packet switches

Roderick P. Webb, Andrew J. Waddie, Keith J. Symington, Mohammed R. Taghizadeh, John F. Snowdon
2000 Applied Optics  
A novel, to our knowledge, type of packet scheduler that could significantly outperform current state-ofthe-art schedulers is presented. The operation and the design of such a scheduler are discussed, and a fully operational experimental implementation is described. The scheduler uses a neural network in a winner-take-all strategy to optimize decisions on the throughput of both a crossbar and a banyan switching fabric. The problems of high interconnection density are solved by use of a
more » ... e optical interconnect that exploits diffractive optical techniques to generate the required interconnection patterns and weights.
doi:10.1364/ao.39.000788 pmid:18337955 fatcat:d7kbzh2zwbfpdhflb6ytq4txoe