DocumentCode
515890
Title
Assessment of optical switching in data center networks
Author
Ye, Xiaohui ; Yin, Yawei ; Ding, Dan ; Johnson, Samuel ; Akella, Venkatesh ; Yoo, S.J.B.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of California, Davis, CA, USA
fYear
2010
fDate
21-25 March 2010
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
3
Abstract
We propose a scalable optical switching architecture towards contention-free interconnection for data center networks. The simulations show it can support higher load and throughput with significantly lower latency compared to today´s commercial Ethernet switches.
Keywords
computer centres; optical fibre LAN; optical switches; Ethernet switches; contention-free interconnection; data center networks; scalable optical switching architecture; Computer architecture; Delay; Optical buffering; Optical fiber networks; Optical interconnections; Optical packet switching; Optical switches; Parallel processing; Scalability; Switching systems;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber Communication (OFC), collocated National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2010 Conference on (OFC/NFOEC)
Conference_Location
San Diego, CA
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-55752-884-1
Type
conf
Filename
5465602
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