Title :
Optical packet switch node with packet flow control for flat inter-cluster data center network
Author :
Di Lucente, S. ; Luo, JianChao ; Rohit, A. ; Williams, K.A. ; Dorren, H.J.S. ; Calabretta, Nicola
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Eindhoven Univ. of Technol., Eindhoven, Netherlands
Abstract :
We experimentally investigate a flow-controlled optical packet switch node operation. The distributed control and the nanosecond packet switching/retransmission allow a limited input buffer capacity to ensure packet loss <;10-5 for loads up to 0.5.
Keywords :
computer centres; distributed control; optical losses; optical switches; packet switching; switching networks; telecommunication congestion control; distributed control; flat intercluster data center network; input limited buffer capacity; nanosecond packet retransmission; nanosecond packet switching; optical packet switch node operation; packet flow control; packet loss; Optical buffering; Optical packet switching; Optical switches; Packet loss; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFC/NFOEC), 2013
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-0457-0
