Future 5G services are characterised by unprecedented need for high rate, ubiquitous
availability, ultralow latency, and high reliability. The fragmented network view that is …

In this paper, we assess the performance of techniques for optical burst switching (OBS)
designed for high performance computing (HPC) and cloud computing data center networks …

Internet traffic has been increasing significantly over the last few years due to the
development of new applications such as social media and multimedia applications. These …

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 …

Interconnection networks are key components of high-performance computing (HPC)
systems. As HPC evolves towards the exascale era, providing sufficient bisection bandwidth …

State-of-the-art inter-datacenter WANs rely on software defined networking (SDN) to
orchestrate their data transmission. Optimization requires frequent network update …

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 …

The introduction of all-optical switching in data center interconnection networks (DCN) is key
for addressing several of the shortcomings of state-of-the-art electronic switched solutions …

Everything is being connected to the Cloud and Internet of Things, and network robots with
big data analysis are creating important applications and services. The cloud network …

Enabling multicast in optical networks requires the use of multicast-capable optical switches.
In this paper, we propose a new class of multicast-capable free space optical (FSO) …