Optical switching in next generation data centers

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"This book introduces the reader to the optical switching technology for its application to data centers. In addition, it takes a picture of the status of the technology and system architecture evolution and of the research in the area of optical switching in data center. The book is organized in four parts: the first part is focused on the system aspects of optical switching in intra-data center networking, the second part is dedicated to describing the recently demonstrated optical switching networks, the third part deals with the latest technologies developed to enable optical switching and, finally, the fourth part of the book outlines the future prospects and trends."-- Read more... Abstract: "This book introduces the reader to the optical switching technology for its application to data centers. In addition, it takes a picture of the status of the technology and system architecture evolution and of the research in the area of optical switching in data center. The book is organized in four parts: the first part is focused on the system aspects of optical switching in intra-data center networking, the second part is dedicated to describing the recently demonstrated optical switching networks, the third part deals with the latest technologies developed to enable optical switching and, finally, the fourth part of the book outlines the future prospects and trends." Front Matter ....Pages i-xiv Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Photonics in Data Centers (S. J. Ben Yoo, Roberto Proietti, Paolo Grani)....Pages 3-21 Optical Switching in Datacenters: Architectures Based on Optical Circuit Switching (Liam P. Barry, Jingyan Wang, Conor McArdle, Dan Kilper)....Pages 23-44 Optical Switching in Data Centers: Architectures Based on Optical Packet/Burst Switching (Nicola Calabretta, Wang Miao)....Pages 45-69 Front Matter ....Pages 71-71 OSA: An Optical Switching Architecture for Data Center Networks with Unprecedented Flexibility (Kai Chen, Ankit Singla, Atul Singh, Kishore Ramachandran, Lei Xu, Yueping Zhang et al.)....Pages 73-91 The Hi-Ring Architecture for Data Center Networks (Valerija Kamchevska, Yunhong Ding, Michael S. Berger, Lars Dittmann, Leif K. Oxenløwe, Michael Galili)....Pages 93-106 Low-Latency Interconnect Optical Network Switch (LIONS) (Roberto Proietti, Yawei Yin, Zheng Cao, C. J. Nitta, V. Akella, S. J. Ben Yoo)....Pages 107-127 Torus-Topology Data Center Networks with Hybrid Optoelectronic Routers (Ryo Takahashi, Ken-ichi Kitayama)....Pages 129-145 LIGHTNESS: All-Optical SDN-enabled Intra-DCN with Optical Circuit and Packet Switching (George M. Saridis, Alejandro Aguado, Yan Yan, Wang Miao, Nicola Calabretta, Georgios Zervas et al.)....Pages 147-165 Hybrid OPS/EPS Photonic Ethernet Switch and Pure Photonic Packet Switch (Hamid Mehrvar, Huixiao Ma, Xiaoling Yang, Yan Wang, Dominic Goodwill, Eric Bernier)....Pages 167-183 OPMDC: Optical Pyramid Data Center Network (Maria Yuang, Po-Lung Tien)....Pages 185-200 Front Matter ....Pages 201-201 Commercial Optical Switches (Qirui Huang)....Pages 203-219 Silicon Photonics Switch Matrices: Technologies and Architectures (Francesco Testa, Alberto Bianchi, Marco Romagnoli)....Pages 221-259 Trends in High-Speed Interconnects for Datacenter Networking: Multidimensional Formats and Their Enabling DSP (David V. Plant, Mohamed H. Morsy-Osman, Mathieu Chagnon, Stephane Lessard)....Pages 261-277 Trends in High Speed Interconnects: InP Monolithic Integration (Kevin Williams, Boudewijn Docter)....Pages 279-297 Front Matter ....Pages 299-299 The Future of Switching in Data Centers (Slavisa Aleksic, Matteo Fiorani)....Pages 301-328 Back Matter ....Pages 329-336