DocumentCode
3259911
Title
Towards widespread SDN adoption: Need for synergy between photonics and SDN within the data center
Author
Pandey, Vikas
Author_Institution
Syst. Networking, IBM, San Jose, CA, USA
fYear
2013
fDate
8-10 July 2013
Firstpage
227
Lastpage
228
Abstract
This paper looks at the use of photonics in future data center networks and stresses the need for SDN Controller and concepts - programmability, virtualization and end-to-end optimization - to control, manage and automate these elements to enable an optimized, elastic and agile data center.
Keywords
computer centres; software radio; data center networks; photonics; software defined networking; Bandwidth; Network topology; Optical packet switching; Optical switches; Photonics; Topology; Virtualization; Software Defined Networking (SDN); hybrid packet-optical switches; network virtualization; overlays; silicon photonics; traffic engineering;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Photonics Society Summer Topical Meeting Series, 2013 IEEE
Conference_Location
Waikoloa, HI
Print_ISBN
978-1-4673-5059-4
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/PHOSST.2013.6614478
Filename
6614478
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