Hardware system of the Earth Simulator

The Earth Simulator (ES), developed under the Japanese government’s initiative “Earth Simulator project”, is a highly parallel vector supercomputer system. In this paper, an overview of ES, its architectural features, hardware technology and the result of performance evaluation are described.

In May 2002, the ES was acknowledged to be the most powerful computer in the world: 35.86 teraflop/s for the LINPACK HPC benchmark and 26.58 teraflop/s for an atmospheric general circulation code (AFES). Such a remarkable performance may be attributed to the following three architectural features; vector processor, shared-memory and high-bandwidth non-blocking interconnection crossbar network.

The ES consists of 640 processor nodes (PN) and an interconnection network (IN), which are housed in 320 PN cabinets and 65 IN cabinets. The ES is installed in a specially designed building, 65 m long, 50 m wide and 17 m high. In order to accomplish this advanced system, many kinds of hardware technologies have been developed, such as a high-density and high-frequency LSI, a high-frequency signal transmission, a high-density packaging, and a high-efficiency cooling and power supply system with low noise so as to reduce whole volume of the ES and total power consumption.

For highly parallel processing, a special synchronization means connecting all nodes, Global Barrier Counter (GBC), has been introduced.     

关于本地传输网网络优化的探讨

根据长期工作经验,对现有网络存在的问题进行分析,提出对本地传输网网络优化的有关建议。     

cdma1x无线子系统导频信道功率分配分析

分析了目前联通CDMA网络建设中的主要问题之一——导频功率分配问题。主要介绍了cdma 1x系统的信道类型，以及前向链路信道功率分配原则，并且对导频信道功率与无线网络覆盖和容量之间的关系进行了初步探讨。     

IPv6和基于IPv6的网络设计

对IPv6协议的主要内容进行了简要介绍,并针对IPv6的特点对基于IPv6的网络设计进行了探讨。     

国内3G网络共享问题之研究

随着国内3G时代的来临，3G网络共享问题越来越受到人们的关注。本文结合国内移动通信的现状，着重分析了3G网络共享的模式及经济效益，论述了3G网络共享的相应策略。     

基于TMN的接入网网管系统模型

本文介绍了 TMN 网管系统的体系结构,进而讨论了接入网网管系统的体系结构和管理接口的有关问题。     

广播发射集散控制系统

本文介绍了广播发射台利用计算机技术、网络技术、遥控遥测技术、现代测试手段，对设备进行自动化控制与管理；实现设备技术指标自动测试，发射台无人值班、有人留守，建立机器的计算机档案制度，确保安全优质播出的方法和经验。     

Effectiveness of spatial representation in the formation of network communities: experimental study on community organizer

In this paper, we present and discuss Community Organizer, a system designed to support network communities. The main characteristic of Community Organizer is the use of spatial representations for the relationships among community members including the communications exchanged among these members. These spatial representations reflect the degree of closeness of interests and concerns among the members, and are intended to provide users with clues on how to form network communities. In order to investigate the effectiveness of the proposed spatial representations, we conducted experiments with two different versions of the software. One version offered meaningful spatial representations while the other version did not. The subjects who used the former software version felt a greater sense of ‘community’, enjoyed using the software more, and actively used it longer than the subjects using the latter software version (control condition). These results indicated that the proposed spatial representations are effective in supporting network community formation.     

一种新型基于石英的热光型光开关

一种采用基于石英的平面光波回路技术（PLC）制造的热光型光开关正越来越引起关注，它具有低耦合损耗、高稳定性及适于大规模集成等优点。首先描述了采用热光相移器构成马赫-曾德于涉仪（MZI）结构的热光型光开关，然后讨论2×2MZI热光型开关的工作原理及基本特性，最后介绍了由2×2MZI热光型开关单元构成的大规模光开关阵列以及一种采用悬梁式结构热光相移器的低功率消耗的光开关。     

帧中继交换技术

本文论述了帧中继交换的概念、标准，结构、特点网络式样及在互连网中的应用。