System for latency reduction in high frequency trading networks

1. A system comprising:

a first physical layer splitter configured to:

receive a signal from over an exchange network, the signal containing trading information; and

split the signal at a physical layer into a first plurality of signals;

a first low latency regenerator configured to:

receive the first plurality of signals from the first physical layer splitter; and

regenerate the first plurality of signals through an optical-electrical-optical process to increase power levels of the first plurality of signals to produce regenerated first plurality of signals; and

transmit the regenerated first plurality of signals with increased power levels toward a plurality of hosts to execute one or more transactions, wherein a latency through the first physical layer splitter and the first low latency regenerator is between 6 to 9 nanoseconds.

2. The system of claim 1 ,

wherein the first low latency regenerator is further configured to:

receive the signal from over the exchange network;

regenerate the signal; and

send the signal to the first physical layer splitter after regeneration of the signal.

3. The system of claim 2 , further comprising a second low latency regenerator.

4. The system of claim 2 , further comprising:

a Y-connector configured to:

receive the signal sent from the exchange network;

send the signal to the first low latency regenerator and to a Layer 2/Layer 3 switch at a customer end.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the signal comprises an optical signal, and wherein at least the first physical layer splitter comprises an optical splitter.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein at least the first physical layer splitter comprises a passive optical splitter.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first low latency regenerator is configured to regenerate the first plurality of signals at the physical layer.

8. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:

one or more second physical layer splitters configured to:

receive the regenerated first plurality of signals from the first low latency regenerator;

split the regenerated first plurality of signals at the physical layer into a second plurality of signals; and

transmit the second plurality of signals to a plurality of hosts;

wherein a latency through the first physical layer splitter, the first low latency regenerator, and the second physical layer splitter is between 8 to 14 nanoseconds.

9. The system of claim 8 , further comprising:

a connection that connects an output of one of the one or more second physical layer splitters to an input of a Layer 2/Layer 3 switch at a customer end.

10. The system of claim 8 , wherein a simplex connection is utilized to transmit each signal of the second plurality of signals from the one or more second physical layer splitters to the plurality of hosts.

11. A method comprising:

splitting at a physical layer, with a first physical layer splitter, a signal into a first plurality of signals, the signal being received from over an exchange network;

receiving, with a low latency regenerator device, the first plurality of signals from the first physical layer splitter;

regenerating, with the low latency regenerator device using an optical-electrical-optical process, the first plurality of signals to increase power levels of the first plurality of signals to produce regenerated first plurality of signals;

transmitting the regenerated first plurality of signals with increased power levels toward a plurality of hosts to execute one or more transactions, wherein a latency through the first physical layer splitter and the low latency regenerator device is between 6 to 9 nanoseconds.

12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

receiving, at the low latency regenerator, the signal from the exchange network;

regenerating the signal;

and

sending the signal to the first physical layer splitter after regeneration of the signal.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein splitting, at the physical layer, the signal into a first plurality of signals comprises making copies of an optical signal through mirroring.

14. The method of claim 11 , wherein regenerating the first plurality of signals comprises regenerating the first plurality of signals at the physical layer.

15. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

splitting at the physical layer the regenerated first plurality of signals into a second plurality of signals with one or more second physical layer splitters; and

transmitting the second plurality of signals to the plurality of hosts,

wherein a latency through the first physical layer splitter, the low latency regenerator device, and the second physical layer splitter is between 8 to 14 nanoseconds.

16. A system comprising:

a first optical splitter configured to:

receive an optical signal from a fiber optic cable; and

mirror the optical signal to generate a first plurality of optical signals; and

a low latency regenerator device configured to:

receive the first plurality of optical signals from the first optical splitter;

regenerate the first plurality of optical signals through an optical-electrical-optical process to increase power levels of the first plurality of optical signals to produce regenerated first plurality of optical signals; and

transmit the regenerated first plurality of optical signals with increased power levels toward a plurality of hosts to execute one or more transactions, wherein a latency through the first optical splitter and the low latency regenerator device is between 6 to 9 nanoseconds.

17. The system of claim 16 , wherein the low latency regenerator device is further configured to:

receive the optical signal from an exchange network;

regenerate the optical signal; and

send the optical signal to the first optical splitter after regeneration of the optical signal.

18. The system of claim 17 , further comprising:

a Y-connector configured to:

receive the optical signal from the exchange network; and

send the optical signal to the low latency regenerator device and to a Layer 2/Layer 3 switch at a customer end.

19. The system of claim 16 , wherein the low latency regenerator device is configured to regenerate the first plurality of optical signals at a physical layer.

20. The system of claim 16 , further comprising:

one or more second optical splitters configured to:

receive the regenerated first plurality of optical signals from the low latency regenerator device;

mirror the regenerated first plurality of optical signals to generate a second plurality of optical signals; and

transmit the second plurality of optical signals to the plurality of hosts, wherein a latency through the first optical splitter, the low latency regenerator device, and the second optical splitter is between 8 to 14 nanoseconds.

21. The system of claim 20 , further comprising:

a connection that connects an output of one of the one or more second optical splitters to an input of a Layer 2/Layer 3 switch at a customer end.