The Performance Analysis of a Novel Optical Space Switch Employing Multihop Structure and Time Division Multiplexing

In this paper, we propose the novel module-type optical space switch, employing time division multiplexing (TDM) method and multihop structure, in order to enlarge the capacity of the switching system. And we show that the proposed structure is superior over conventional ones, in terms of power loss, the number of the devices used, and signal to crosstalk (SXR). We also analyze the saturation throughput with the number of module M. As a result, the saturation throughput of the switching system with M modules is M+ 1-√(M²+1), when the number of input port in a module (N) is large. Finally, we confirmed the cell loss rate (CLR) performance with the proposed switch through simulation. For example, when p=0.9, M=8 and N=32, to get the CLR that is less than or equal to 10/sup -6/, the number of input buffers storage unit is greater than or equal to 6 and output buffers storage unit is greater than or equal to 52.