System and Method for Photonic Switching
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1. A photonic switching fabric comprising:
- a first label detector configured to read a first optical label to produce a first detected label, wherein the first optical label corresponds to a first optical packet, and wherein the first optical label is in a control waveband;
a switch controller configured to adjust a photonic switch in accordance with the first detected label; and
the photonic switch, configured to switch the first optical packet, wherein the first optical packet is in a payload waveband.
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a photonic switching fabric includes a first label detector configured to read a first optical label to produce a first detected label, where the first optical label corresponds to a first optical packet, and where the first optical label is in a control waveband and a switch controller configured to adjust a photonic switch in accordance with the first detected label. The photonic switching fabric also includes the photonic switch, configured to switch the first optical packet, where the first optical packet is in a payload waveband.
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1. A photonic switching fabric comprising:
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a first label detector configured to read a first optical label to produce a first detected label, wherein the first optical label corresponds to a first optical packet, and wherein the first optical label is in a control waveband; a switch controller configured to adjust a photonic switch in accordance with the first detected label; and the photonic switch, configured to switch the first optical packet, wherein the first optical packet is in a payload waveband. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of photonic packet switching, the method comprising:
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receiving, by a photonic switching fabric from a first top-of-rack (TOR) switch, a first optical label corresponding to a first optical packet, wherein the first optical label is in a control waveband; determining whether the first TOR switch has permission to transmit the first optical packet to produce a first contention signal; transmitting, by the photonic switching fabric to the first TOR switch, the first contention signal, wherein the first contention signal is in the control waveband; and receiving, by the photonic switching fabric from the first TOR switch, the first optical packet when the first TOR switch has permission to transmit the first optical packet, wherein the first optical packet is in a payload waveband. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method of coordinating photonic packets, the method comprising:
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transmitting, by a top-of-rack (TOR) switch to a photonic switching fabric, a control signal comprising an address of an optical packet, wherein the control signal is in a control waveband; receiving, by the TOR switch from the photonic switching fabric, a grant indicator; determining a transmission approval in accordance with the grant indicator; and transmitting, by the TOR switch to the photonic switching fabric, the optical packet in accordance with the transmission approval, wherein the optical packet is in a payload waveband. - View Dependent Claims (21)
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