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http://dx.doi.org/10.3837/tiis.2014.11.016

Datacenter-Oriented Elastic Optical Networks: Architecture, Operation, and Solutions  

Peng, Limei (Department of Industrial Engineering, Ajou University)
Sun, Yantao (School of Computer and Information Technology, Beijing Jiaotong University)
Chen, Min (School of Computer Science and Technology, Huazhong University)
Park, Kiejin (Department of Industrial Engineering, Ajou University)
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KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS) / v.8, no.11, 2014 , pp. 3955-3966 More about this Journal
Abstract
With the exponentially increasing Internet traffic and emergence of more versatile and heterogeneous applications, the design of datacenter networks (DCNs) is subject to unprecedented requirements for larger capacity and more flexible switching granularities. Envisioning Optical-Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (O-OFDM) as a promising candidate for such a scenario, we motivate the use of O-OFDM as the underlying switching technology in order to provide sufficient switching capacity and elastic bandwidth allocation. For this purpose, this article reviews the recent progresses of DCN deployment and assesses the scenario where the O-OFDM transmission and switching technology is employed in the underlying transport plane. We discuss the key issues of the datacenter-oriented O-OFDM optical networks, and in particular, elaborate on a number of open issues and solutions including system interconnection architecture, routing and resource assignment, survivability, and energy-efficiency.
Keywords
Datacenter Networks (DCN); Optical-Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (O-OFDM); Interconnection;
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