Optical Interconnects for Future Data Center Networks, 2013 Optical Networks Series

Optical Interconnects in Future Data Center Networks covers optical networks and how they can be used to provide high bandwidth, energy efficient interconnects for future data centers with increased communication bandwidth requirements. This contributed volume presents an integrated view of the future requirements of the data centers and serves as a reference work for some of the most advanced solutions that have been proposed by major universities and companies.

Collecting the most recent and innovative optical interconnects for data center networks that have been presented in the research community by universities and industries, this book is a valuable reference to researchers, students, professors and engineers interested in the domain of high performance interconnects and data center networks.  Additionally, Optical Interconnects in Future Data Center Networks provides invaluable insights into the benefits and advantages of optical interconnects and how they can be a promising alternative for future data center networks.

Introduction to Optical Interconnects in Data Centers.- Optical Interconnects for Scale-Out Data Centers.- Optical Interconnects in Next Generation Data Centers: An End to End View.- Simulation and Performance Analysis of Data Intensive and Workload Intensive Cloud Computing Data Centers.- The Role of Photonics in Future Data Center Networks.-  All-Optical Networks: A System's Perspective.- A High-Speed MIMO OFDM Flexible Bandwidth Data Center Network.- A Petabit Bufferless Optical Switch for Data Center Networks.- Optically Interconnected High Performance Data Centers.