Title :
Reducing cabling complexity in large flattened butterfly networks by an order of magnitude
Author :
Csernai, Marton ; Ciucu, Florin ; Braun, Ralf-Peter ; Gulyas, Andras
Author_Institution :
Budapest Univ. of Technol. & Econ., Budapest, Hungary
Abstract :
We show that cabling complexity in large flattened butterfly networks can be reduced by an order of magnitude, without increasing capital costs or control plane complexity, by employing DWDM transceivers and arrayed waveguide grating routers.
Keywords :
arrayed waveguide gratings; hypercube networks; optical cables; optical transceivers; wavelength division multiplexing; DWDM transceiver; arrayed waveguide grating router; cabling complexity reduction; capital cost increase; control plane complexity; dense wavelength division multiplexing; large flattened butterfly network; magnitude order; Servers;
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.Th2A.56
