This paper discusses the architecture and performance studies of Datacenter Optical Switch
(DOS) designed for scalable and high-throughput interconnections within a data center …

The emergence of disaggregation in data center (DC) architectures as a way to increase
resource utilization introduces significant challenges to the DC switching infrastructure …

Intra-data-center traffic is estimated to be about four times global Internet traffic and is
continuously increasing. Applying optical switching to data center networks will increase …

The ever-increasing bandwidth requirements of modern datacenters have led researchers to
propose networks based upon optical circuit switches, but these proposals face significant …

A detailed examination of evolving traffic characteristics, operator requirements, and network
technology trends suggests a move away from nonblocking interconnects in data center …

Applying optical switching to data center networks can greatly expand network bandwidth
and reduce electrical power consumption, both of which are needed to meet the explosive …

The potential advantages of optics at high link speeds have led to significant interest in
deploying optical switching technology in data-center networks. Initial efforts have focused …

Data-intensive applications that operate on large volumes of data have motivated a fresh
look at the design of data center networks. The first wave of proposals focused on designing …

As critical infrastructures in the Internet, data centers have evolved to include hundreds of
thousands of servers in a single facility to support data-and computing-intensive …

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