Title :
Hybrid photonic Ethernet switch for datacenters
Author :
Huixiao Ma ; Xiaoling Yang ; Mehrvar, Hamid ; Yan Wang ; Shuaibing Li ; Graves, Alan ; Dawei Wang ; Fu, H.Y. ; Dongyu Geng ; Goodwill, Dominic ; Bernier, Eric
Author_Institution :
Commun. Technol. Lab., Huawei Technol. Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, China
Abstract :
We demonstrate a photonic packet switch using a hybrid photonics-electronic approach. It uses compression, scrambling and packet size discrimination to allow for the photonic switching of native Ethernet frames.
Keywords :
computer centres; integrated optoelectronics; local area networks; optical computing; optical switches; packet switching; compression; data centers; hγbrid photonics-electronic approach; hybrid photonic Ethernet switch; packet size discrimination; photonic packet switch; scrambling; Optical packet switching; Optical switches; Photonics; Receivers; Servers; Switching circuits;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2014
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-5575-2994-7
DOI :
10.1364/OFC.2014.M3E.6
