DocumentCode :
1993083
Title :
Towards 60GHz wireless switching interconnect
Author :
Vardhan, H. ; Prakash, R.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Texas at Dallas, Dallas, TX, USA
fYear :
2013
fDate :
28-31 Jan. 2013
Firstpage :
594
Lastpage :
598
Abstract :
In the era of cloud computing and high performance computing clusters, interconnection networks are in high demand and have many applications including data center networks. Typically, nodes of interconnects are placed in a closed room and are connected using a set of wires through one or more high-end switches with little or no reconfigurability to the interconnect. In this paper, we present a design of wireless switching interconnects using 60GHz technology. The Gigabit, point-to-point and extremely directional links in the 60GHz band are used to replace wired connections in such a network to provide flexibility and reconfigurability. We extend our previous investigation where a high level node placement technique was discussed to arrange nodes into a closed polygon. Here we present an initial design for exact arrangement and placement of the fat-tree nodes, suitable for small to medium size wireless switching interconnects. We argue that creating a completely wireless interconnect is viable, and present mathematical equations and a proof to support the claim.
Keywords :
cloud computing; computer centres; parallel processing; radiofrequency interconnections; telecommunication switching; Gigabit link; cloud computing; data center networks; extremely-directional links; fat-tree nodes; frequency 60 GHz; high-end switches; high-level node placement technique; high-performance computing clusters; interconnect node; interconnection networks; mathematical equations; point-to-point link; wireless switching interconnect; Antenna arrays; Multiprocessor interconnection; Network topology; Switches; Topology; Transceivers; Wireless communication;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Computing, Networking and Communications (ICNC), 2013 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-5287-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4673-5286-4
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/ICCNC.2013.6504153
Filename :
6504153
Link To Document :
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