The crosspoint-queued switch

Yossi Kanizo*, David Hay, Isaac Keslassy

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Abstract

This paper calls for rethinking packet-switch archi-tectures by cutting all dependencies between the switch fabric and the linecards. Most single-stage packet-switch architectures rely on an instantaneous communication between the switch fabric and the linecards. Today, however, this assumption is breaking down, because effective propagation times are too high and keep increasing with the line rates. In this paper, we argue for a self-sufficient switch fabric by moving all the buffering from the linecards to the switch fabric. We introduce the crosspoint-queued (CQ) switch, a new bufferedcrossbar switch architecture with large crosspoint buffers and no input queues, and show how it can be readily implemented in a single SRAM-based chip using current technology. For a crosspoint buffer size of one, we provide a closed-form throughput formula for all work-conserving schedules under uniform Bernoulli i.i.d. arrivals. Furthermore, we study the performance of the switch for larger buffer sizes and show that it nearly behaves as an ideal output-queued switch. Finally, we confirm our results using synthetic as well as trace-based simulations.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIEEE INFOCOM 2009 - The 28th Conference on Computer Communications
Pages729-737
Number of pages9
DOIs
StatePublished - 2009
Externally publishedYes
Event28th Conference on Computer Communications, IEEE INFOCOM 2009 - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Duration: 19 Apr 200925 Apr 2009

Publication series

NameProceedings - IEEE INFOCOM
ISSN (Print)0743-166X

Conference

Conference28th Conference on Computer Communications, IEEE INFOCOM 2009
Country/TerritoryBrazil
CityRio de Janeiro
Period19/04/0925/04/09

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