Title :
Hybrid reconfiguration for upgrading datacenter interconnection topology
Author :
Vassoler, Gilmar L. ; De Souza, Flavio R. ; Filho, Pedro P P ; Ribeiro, Moises R N
Author_Institution :
Electr. Eng. Dept., Fed. Univ. of Espirito Santo (UFES), Vitoria, Brazil
Abstract :
This paper proposes the introduction of 2×2 magneto-optical switches as a reconfigurable physical layer with no link loss to provide higher throughput, and simultaneously, reduce CPU packet forwarding load in server-centric datacenters.
Keywords :
computer centres; magneto-optical devices; optical switches; telecommunication network topology; 2×2 magneto-optical switches; CPU packet forwarding load; datacenter interconnection topology; hybrid reconfiguration; reconfigurable physical layer; server-centric datacenters; High speed optical techniques; Optical network units; Optical packet switching; Optical receivers; Optical switches; Signal detection; network; optical; optical switching;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Burlingame, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0731-5
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2012.6358856
