Thor: a scalable hybrid switching architecture for data centers

X Yu, H Xu, H Gu, H Lan - IEEE Transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Optical interconnects are emerging as a high bandwidth and low energy alternative to
traditional electrical networks. However, most exiting designs put optical switching in the …

Performance evaluation of hybrid optical switch architecture for data center networks

M Imran, M Collier, P Landais, K Katrinis - Optical Switching and …, 2016 - Elsevier
In response to the need for high bandwidth and power efficient data center interconnection
networks, different interconnects have been proposed based on the optical technology used …

Large data center interconnects employing hybrid optical switching

M Fiorani, M Casoni, S Aleksic - Proceedings of the 2013 18th …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Current data centers (DCs) networks rely on electronic switching and point-to-point
interconnects. When considering future DC requirements, point-to-point interconnects will …

Omux: Optical multicast and unicast-capable interconnection network for data centers

A Nezhadi, S Koohi - Optical Switching and Networking, 2019 - Elsevier
Exponential growth of traffic and bandwidth demands in current data center networks
requires low-latency high-throughput interconnection networks, considering power …

HOSA: Hybrid optical switch architecture for data center networks

M Imran, M Collier, P Landais, K Katrinis - Proceedings of the 12th ACM …, 2015 - dl.acm.org
Optical interconnect is a fundamental requisite to realize Internet-scale data centers due to
capabilities and benefits of optical devices. Optical interconnects are energy efficient and …

Optical Switching Data Center Networks: Understanding Techniques and Challenges

X Xue, S Zhang, B Guo, W Ji, R Yin, B Chen… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
Relying on the flexible-access interconnects to the scalable storage and compute resources,
data centers deliver critical communications connectivity among numerous servers to …

ABOI: AWGR-Based optical interconnects for single-wavelength and multi-wavelength

X Yang, H Wang, B Hu, C Wu - IEEE/ACM Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Optical interconnect can achieve a substantial increase in the number of nodes and
switching capability for data centers, by virtue of their low power consumption and high …

A survey on optical interconnects for data centers

C Kachris, I Tomkos - IEEE Communications Surveys & …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Data centers are experiencing an exponential increase in the amount of network traffic that
they have to sustain due to cloud computing and several emerging web applications. To …

Hybrid optical switching for data center networks

M Fiorani, S Aleksic, M Casoni - Journal of Electrical and …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Current data centers networks rely on electronic switching and point‐to‐point interconnects.
When considering future data center requirements, these solutions will raise issues in terms …

Optical switching based small-world data center network

D Zhang, H Guo, T Yang, J Wu - Computer Communications, 2017 - Elsevier
Redesigning data center networks, particularly taking advantages of optical switching
technologies to reduce cost-per-bandwidth and energy consumption, has spawned interests …