Title :
Light-trails: Distributed optical grooming for emerging data-center, cloud computing, and enterprise applications
Author :
Somani, Arun ; Gumaste, Ashwin
Author_Institution :
Dept of ECpE, Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA, USA
Abstract :
Light-trails - generalized lightpaths - are used for provisioning emerging applications leading to the concept of spatial traffic grooming. We investigate the effects of this technology from the perspective of application support and transport.
Keywords :
cloud computing; optical fibre networks; telecommunication traffic; wavelength division multiplexing; cloud computing; data-center; distributed optical grooming; enterprise application; generalized lightpath; light-trails; spatial traffic grooming; Dynamic scheduling; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; Optical switches; SONET; Synchronous digital hierarchy;
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
