A fast parallel scheduler for resource requests implemented using optical devices

Abstract

The paper describes a scheme to schedule uncoordinated requests for resources that arrive in parallel. The specific application that it considered is that of scheduling transmission requests in ATM switches. The scheme is capable of handling both unicast and multicast transmission requests. Two implementations of the scheme using photonic devices are described. A novel aspect of the scheme is that it uses photonic devices to implement a heuristic graph-coloring algorithm needed to generate transmission schedules.<>