A large-scale wavelength routing optical switch for data center networks

IEEE Communications Magazine

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 46-52

  Sato, Ken Ichi ^a   Hasegawa, Hiroshi ^a   Niwa, Tomonobu ^a   Watanabe, Toshio ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA CENTER NETWORKS; GLOBAL INTERNET; NETWORK BANDWIDTH; OPTICAL SWITCHING; TRAFFIC REQUIREMENTS; WAVELENGTH ROUTING; WAVELENGTH ROUTING SWITCHES;

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING;

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 84883860043     PISSN: 01636804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MCOM.2013.6588649     Document Type: Article

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