… Abstract We propose Cloud-BOSS, an intra-data center network leveraging original optical
components and custom SDN control to enable sub-wavelength network slicing and …

… custom software-defined network (SDN) … network slicing on demand with sub-wavelength
granularity and deterministic per-flow QoS guarantees in a 3-top-of-rack (ToR) Cloud-BOSS …

… optical-slot switching (CBOSS), an intra-data center network … In particular, we demonstrate
network slicing on demand … first slot (of 1.32 μs, including gap time) the Tx indeed switches to …

… No packet loss and less than 4.8 µs server-to-server … deployed to guarantee higher processing
capabilities [6], [7]. The … destining to the same port of the optical switch, can happen due to …

… data plane is verified for 200 μs slots in various scenarios that … top-of-rack (ToR) switches,
located in the same or in different … , “Cloud-BOSS Intra-Data Center Network: on-Demand QoS …

… impose more complex performance and quality of service requirements in terms of processing
… To cope with using both optical circuit and optical slot switching in the hybrid DC network, …

… low latency and bandwidth on demand. To meet this goal, we … Optical Slot Switching (CBOSS)
[8] for intra-DC and Optical … , QoS guarantee is achieved through time slots reservation. …

… near the end-users, those requirements extend to the intra-data center segment. In the past,
… ) is guaranteed and deterministic. The networks are reconfigurable on-demand through SDN…

… systems ranging from intra-data center and high-performance … 344 µs Transceiver locking
and switch polling … In this part of the thesis, we show an autonomous and on-demand network …

… same port of the SiP device, allowing for only a single optical … 714 μs, while the network
optimization step requires 177 μs … ., ”Cloud-BOSS Intra-Data Center Network: on-Demand QoS …