title: A large-scale photonic node architecture that utilizes interconnected OXC subsystems.
abstract: We propose a novel photonic node architecture that is composed of interconnected small-scale optical cross-connect subsystems. We also developed an efficient dynamic network control algorithm that complies with a restriction on the number of intra-node fibers used for subsystem interconnection. Numerical evaluations verify that the proposed architecture offers almost the same performance as the equivalent single large-scale cross-connect switch, while enabling substantial hardware scale reductions.
authors: Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Nagoya University, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Japan. y_iwai@echo.nuee.nagoya-u.ac.jp
authors: Yuto
authors: Y
authors: Iwai
authors: Hiroshi
authors: H
authors: Hasegawa
authors: Ken-ichi
authors: K
authors: Sato