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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2013
Oracle International Corporation, Redwood City, CA (US);
Pranay Koka, Austin, TX (US);
Herbert D. Schwetman, Jr., Austin, TX (US);
Oracle International Corporation, Redwood Shores, CA (US);
Abstract
A network is described in which a base optical point-to-point (P2P) network can be reconfigured to a target network topology. This reconfigurable architecture customizes the network topology for different classes of applications to maximize throughput. In particular, the network can function efficiently at high-radix and low-radix traffic patterns. This capability is obtained using configurable electrical circuit switches at each node in the network. These configurable electrical circuit switches can be set so that incoming packets are directly routed to a specified output (either a local destination or an outgoing optical link) without: delay, contention, or buffers. In this way, predefined network topologies can be configured with improved node-to-node bandwidths when compared to the original P2P network by leveraging unused optical links. Furthermore, because the electrical circuit switches can be reconfigured, the network topology can be dynamically reconfigured to suit applications or application phases.