Patch panels in the sky: A case for free-space optics in data centers

Proceedings of the 12th ACM Workshop on Hot Topics in Networks, HotNets 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  Hamedazimi, Navid ^a   Gupta, Himanshu ^a   Sekar, Vyas ^a   Das, Samir R ^a  

^a USA   (United States)

Author keywords

Data center; Free space optics; Reconfigurable

Indexed keywords

DATA CENTERS; FREE SPACE OPTICS; FREE-SPACE OPTICAL; NETWORK TOPOLOGY; PATCH PANELS; POTENTIAL BENEFITS; RECONFIGURABLE; TRAFFIC DEMANDS;

ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY;

COMPLEX NETWORKS;

EID: 84893235333     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2535771.2535797     Document Type: Conference Paper

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