Title :
Optical switching and routing for the data center
Author :
Glick, Madeleine
Author_Institution :
Intel Labs. Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/PHOTWTM.2010.5421938
