Title :
All-optical switching data center network supporting 100Gbps upgrade and mixed-line-rate interoperability
Author :
Xu, Lei ; Zhang, Shaoliang ; Yaman, Fatih ; Wang, Ting ; Liao, Guangxun ; Chen, Kai ; Singla, Ankit ; Singh, Atul ; Ramachandran, Kishore ; Zhang, Yueping
Author_Institution :
NEC Labs. America, Inc., Princeton, NJ, USA
Abstract :
Over an 8-rack, 32-server WDM-based all-optical switching data center network, we show the network upgrade using single-wavelength or multi-wavelength 100 Gbps signals, and further show the mixed-line-rate interoperability between 100 Gbps and 10 Gbps signals.
Keywords :
computer centres; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM-based all-optical switching data center network; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; bit rate 100 Gbit/s; mixed-line-rate interoperability; Optical fiber communication; Optical fibers; Optical polarization; Optical receivers; Optical switches; Optical transmitters;
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
