The article deals with a WAN switch design based on a Feedforward neural network, specifically for the Feedforward Backpropagation algorithm. The designed switch is fully parallel, uses neural network for switch management and also for traffic engineering. The switch uses advanced packet dropping mechanism. The article describes the switch design (network processor design) and compares the deve...

MEMS optical switch technology is one of the key technologies in Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) optical networks. Although the 2-D MEMS optical switch technology is mature, the commonly used crossbar architecture is not amenable to building large switches. In this paper, we propose a design of 2 × 2 switching modules, and use it to build large 2-D MEMS optical switches with architecture...

We describe a new CSeq module for the verification of multi-threaded C programs with dynamic thread creation. This module implements a variation of the lazy sequentialization algorithm implemented in Lazy-CSeq. The main novelty is that we now support an unbounded number of context switches and allow unbounded loops, while the number of allowed threads still remains bounded. This is achieved by ...

An output-shared buffer ATM switch is proposed in this paper. This switch sits between an output-buffer ATM switch and a shared-buffer ATM switch. It offers better buffer utilization than a pure output-buffer ATM switch. It also has lower bandwidth requirement than a pure shared-byffer ATM switch.

The fabrication and characterization of a radio frequency (RF) micromachined switch with annealing were presented. The structure of the RF switch consists of a membrane, coplanar waveguide (CPW) lines, and eight springs. The RF switch is manufactured using the complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) process. The switch requires a post-process to release the membrane and springs. The post...

This paper describes a new architecture for a scalable multicast ATM switch from a few tens to thousands of input ports. The switch, called Abacus switch, has a nonblocking memoryless switch fabric followed by small switch modules at the output ports; the switch has input and output buuers. Cell replication, cell routing, output contention resolution, and cell addressing are all performed distr...