Optical Interconnects in Future Data Center Networks covers optical networks and how they can be used to provide high bandwidth, energy efficient interconnects for future data centers with increased communication bandwidth requirements. This contributed volume presents an integrated view of the future requirements of the data centers and serves as a reference work for some of the most advanced solutions that have been proposed by major universities and companies.
Collecting the most recent and innovative optical interconnects for data center networks that have been presented in the research community by universities and industries, this book is a valuable reference to researchers, students, professors and engineers interested in the domain of high performance interconnects and data center networks. Additionally, Optical Interconnects in Future Data Center Networks provides invaluable insights into the benefits and advantages of optical interconnects and how they can be a promising alternative for future data center networks.
Author(s): Christoforos Kachris, Keren Bergman, Ioannis Tomkos (auth.), Christoforos Kachris, Keren Bergman, Ioannis Tomkos (eds.)
Series: Optical Networks
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York
Year: 2013
Language: English
Pages: 174
Tags: Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering; Communications Engineering, Networks; Signal, Image and Speech Processing; Computer Communication Networks
Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Introduction to Optical Interconnects in Data Centers....Pages 3-13
Front Matter....Pages 15-15
Optical Interconnects for Scale-Out Data Centers....Pages 17-29
Optical Interconnects in Next Generation Data Centers: An End to End View....Pages 31-46
Simulation and Performance Analysis of Data Intensive and Workload Intensive Cloud Computing Data Centers....Pages 47-63
Front Matter....Pages 65-65
The Role of Photonics in Future Datacenter Networks....Pages 67-93
All-Optical Networks: A System’s Perspective....Pages 95-117
A High-Speed MIMO OFDM Flexible Bandwidth Data Center Network....Pages 119-133
A Petabit Bufferless Optical Switch for Data Center Networks....Pages 135-154
Optically Interconnected High Performance Data Centers....Pages 155-167
Back Matter....Pages 169-174