Title :
Towards widespread SDN adoption: Need for synergy between photonics and SDN within the data center
Author_Institution :
Syst. Networking, IBM, San Jose, CA, USA
Abstract :
This paper looks at the use of photonics in future data center networks and stresses the need for SDN Controller and concepts - programmability, virtualization and end-to-end optimization - to control, manage and automate these elements to enable an optimized, elastic and agile data center.
Keywords :
computer centres; software radio; data center networks; photonics; software defined networking; Bandwidth; Network topology; Optical packet switching; Optical switches; Photonics; Topology; Virtualization; Software Defined Networking (SDN); hybrid packet-optical switches; network virtualization; overlays; silicon photonics; traffic engineering;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Society Summer Topical Meeting Series, 2013 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Waikoloa, HI
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-5059-4
DOI :
10.1109/PHOSST.2013.6614478
