Rethinking the physical layer of data center networks of the next decade: Using optics to enable efficient ∗-cast connectivity

Computer Communication Review

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 53-58

  Wang, Howard ^a   Xia, Yiting ^b   Bergman, Keren ^a   Ng, T S Eugene ^c   Sahu, Sambit ^c   Sripanidkulchai, Kunwadee ^d  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d NECTEC Thailand   (Thailand)

Author keywords

All to All Cast; Data Center Networks; Hybrid Networks; Incast; Multicast; Optical Networks; Photonics; Unicast

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; MULTICASTING; NETWORK LAYERS; PHOTONICS;

ALL TO ALLS; DATA CENTER NETWORKS; HYBRID NETWORK; INCAST; UNICAST;

BIG DATA;

EID: 84915816651     PISSN: 01464833     EISSN: 19435819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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