Title :
Hardware requirements for optical circuit switched data center networks
Author :
Farrington, Nathan ; Fainman, Yeshaiahu ; Liu, Hong ; Papen, George ; Vahdat, Amin
Author_Institution :
UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
Abstract :
Based on measurements of a prototype, we identify hardware requirements for improving the performance of hybrid electrical-packet-switched/optical-circuit-switched data center networks.
Keywords :
circuit switching; computer centres; optical switches; packet switching; hardware requirements; hybrid electrical-packet-switched networks; optical circuit switched data center networks; Mirrors; Optical fibers; Optical packet switching; Optical switches; Prototypes; Throughput;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2011 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0213-6
