Title :
A deterministic small-world topology based optical switching network architecture for data centers
Author :
Dongxu Zhang ; Hongxiang Guo ; Jian Wu ; Xiaobin Hong
Author_Institution :
Beijing Univ. of Posts & Telecommun., Beijing, China
Abstract :
A novel optical switching network architecture is proposed for intra-data center interconnection. We innovatively introduced the “deterministic small-world” theory into optical network design and numerically verified the good scalability and fault tolerance of our proposed architecture.
Keywords :
computer centres; fault tolerance; optical fibre networks; optical switches; telecommunication network reliability; telecommunication network topology; deterministic small-world theory; deterministic small-world topology based optical switching network architecture; fault tolerance; intra-data center interconnection; optical network design; Computer architecture; Network topology; Optical fiber networks; Optical interconnections; Optical switches; Switching circuits; Topology;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2014 European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cannes
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2014.6963987
