Title :
A distributed and scalable optical packet switch architecture for data centers
Author :
Shanqing Chen ; Shanguo Huang ; Qian Kong ; Jun Liu ; Shan Yin ; Min Zhang ; Jie Zhang
Author_Institution :
State Key Lab. of Inf. Photonics & Opt. Commun., Beijing Univ. of Posts & Telecommun., Beijing, China
Abstract :
We propose an AWGR and SOA based scalable optical packet switch architecture with modular structure and highly distributed control scheme for data center networks. Numerical results show this architecture can achieve high throughput with low blocking probability and latency.
Keywords :
computer centres; optical switches; packet switching; semiconductor optical amplifiers; AWGR based scalable optical packet switch architecture; SOA based scalable optical packet switch architecture; data center networks; distributed control scheme; distributed optical packet switch architecture; modular structure; Computer architecture; Optical interconnections; Optical packet switching; Optical switches; Relays; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; AWGR; SOA; data center; optical packet switch;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communications and Networks (ICOCN), 2014 13th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Suzhou
DOI :
10.1109/ICOCN.2014.6987138
