Title :
Drivers and applications of optical technologies for Internet Data Center networks
Author :
Vusirikala, Vijay ; Lam, Cedric ; Schultz, Paul ; Koley, Bikash
Author_Institution :
Google, Mountain View, CA, USA
Abstract :
The rise of large-scale Data Centers to power the Internet infrastructure is driving new architectural directions for optical networking. This paper highlights these architectural options and discusses technology building blocks for scaling inter-Datacenter connectivity.
Keywords :
Internet; computer centres; device drivers; optical fibre networks; telecommunication network topology; Internet data center networks; Internet infrastructure; drivers; network topology; optical networking; optical technology; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber networks; Optical fiber polarization; Routing;
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
