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AgileDCN: an agile reconfigurable optical data center network architecture

Le, Dinh Danh, Barry, Liam P. ORCID: 0000-0001-8366-4790, Kilper, Daniel C., Perry, Philip, Wang, Jingyan and McArdle, Conor J. (2020) AgileDCN: an agile reconfigurable optical data center network architecture. IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology, 38 (18). pp. 4922-4934. ISSN 0733-8724

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Abstract

This paper presents a detailed examination of a novel data center network (DCN) that can satisfy the high capacity and low latency requirements of modern cloud computing applications. This reconfigurable architecture called AgileDCN uses fast-switching optical components with a centralized control function and workload scheduler. By providing a highly flexible optical network fabric between server racks, very high network efficiencies can be achieved even under imbalanced loading patterns. Our simulation results show that, at high (70%) loads, TCP flow completion times in the AgileDCN are significantly lower than in an equivalent electronic leaf-spine network.

Item Type:Article (Published)
Refereed:Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords:Optical Switching; Datacenter Network; Data center networks; Optical networking; Agile reconfigurability; Traffic scheduling
Subjects:Engineering > Optical communication
DCU Faculties and Centres:DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Engineering and Computing > School of Electronic Engineering
Publisher:Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Official URL:http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JLT.2020.2999778
Copyright Information:© 2020 IEEE. Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
Funders:Science Foundation Ireland 15/USC2C/ I3132, National Science Foundation CNS-1827923, CNS-1650669, CNS- 1737453, EEC-0812072
ID Code:24586
Deposited On:10 Jun 2020 10:46 by Conor Mcardle . Last Modified 21 Sep 2020 11:42

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