Data center path switch with improved path interconnection architecture

MH Raza, DG Stone, A Lorenzo, RM Plante… - US Patent …, 2017 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A data center path switch architecture permits path switch ing of the signal
path of incoming signals to one or more output paths in real time without the need for …

Rack-level photonic solution

T Morris, DA Berkram - US Patent 10,491,302, 2019 - Google Patents
A server-to-switch interconnection system that includes a plurality of server modules each
having wired server network connection ports, the plurality of server modules being …

Flexible non-modular data center with reconfigurable extended-reach optical network fabric

A Vahdat, H Liu, R Urata, X Zhao… - US Patent 8,965,203, 2015 - Google Patents
The disclosure describes implementations of an apparatus including a plurality of racks,
wherein each rack houses a plurality of networking devices and each networking device …

Methods and apparatus for a flattened data center network employing wavelength-agnostic endpoints

P Sindhu, R Marcoccia, TJ Schmidt… - US Patent …, 2018 - Google Patents
In some embodiments, a system includes a set of servers, a set of switches within a switch
fabric, and an optical device. The optical device is operatively coupled to the set of servers …

Network fabric reconfiguration

R Felderman, A Kabbani - US Patent 9,166,692, 2015 - Google Patents
The present disclosure describes systems and methods for reconfiguring the links made by
a plurality of optical circuit switches between the nodes of the first layer and the nodes of the …

Data center network

MH Raza, DG Stone, A Lorenzo, RM Plante… - US Patent …, 2018 - Google Patents
The present disclosure provides a data center network having one or more data center rows,
where each row has one or more racks, and each rack has one or more network devices …

System for increasing fiber port density in data center applications

MH Raza, DG Stone, A Lorenzo, RM Plante - US Patent 10,382,845, 2019 - Google Patents
A data center network device provides configurations where the port density can be
increased by incorporating multiport transceivers within the device and the use of high …

Optical switch fabric for data center interconnections

MY Frankel, M Gazier, J Berthold - US Patent 9,551,836, 2017 - Google Patents
An optical switch fabric includes horizontal optical waveguides including a first set and a
second set, the first set is configured to receive a first plurality of wavelengths from the one or …

Dynamic data center network with optical circuit switch

A Vahdat, X Zhao, P Germano, B Koley… - US Patent 8,867,915, 2014 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A system and method of providing a dynamic optical network topology
according to topology determinations made by a network control is disclosed. The system …

System and Method for Photonic Switching and Controlling Photonic Switching in a Data Center

AF Graves, P Ashwood-Smith, E Bernier… - US Patent App. 13 …, 2015 - Google Patents
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