DocumentCode
1611948
Title
Optical switching and routing for the data center
Author
Glick, Madeleine
Author_Institution
Intel Labs. Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
fYear
2010
Firstpage
109
Lastpage
110
Abstract
Data intensive applications are driving up bandwidth requirements and creating new challenges in data centers. To achieve acceptance of optical switching and routing as a viable solution, technical challenges must be overcome and end-to-end solutions demonstrated.
Keywords
microswitches; optical communication equipment; optical switches; power consumption; semiconductor optical amplifiers; telecommunication network routing; bandwidth intensive application; buffering; data center; electronic links; electronic switches; end-to-end solutions; optical network; optical solutions; optical switching; power consumption; routing; scheduling; Bandwidth; Computer architecture; Costs; Energy consumption; High speed optical techniques; Optical buffering; Optical devices; Optical fiber networks; Optical switches; Routing;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Photonics Society Winter Topicals Meeting Series (WTM), 2010 IEEE
Conference_Location
Majorca
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-5240-8
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-4244-5241-5
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/PHOTWTM.2010.5421938
Filename
5421938
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