We review different solutions for realizing large-port-count optical crossconnects (OXCs) for
data centers and examine the impact of switch reconfiguration time on the throughput …

An optical switching architecture for intra data center interconnections with ultra-high scalability
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Data intensive applications are driving up bandwidth requirements and creating new
challenges in data centers. To achieve acceptance of optical switching and routing as a …

Current data centers (DCs) networks rely on electronic switching and point-to-point
interconnects. When considering future DC requirements, point-to-point interconnects will …

The exponential increase in the data center network traffic has posed new challenges for
achieving high throughput, low latency and energy consumption. To address these …

It is widely argued that optical transmission and switching technologies will play an
important role in next generation data centers. However, even though optical technologies …

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 …

We experimentally demonstrate a 2,160× 2,160 optical circuit switch with a switching time of
less than 500 μs, aiming at fast and non-hierarchical intra-datacenter interconnection. The …

We propose a novel optical-switch configuration for intra-datacenter interconnection that
consists of tunable lasers, non-cyclic AWGs, and combinations of small-size optical switches …

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 …