A torus datacenter network based on OPS/OCS/VOCS enabled by smart flow management

Ryo Takahashi, Salah Ibrahim, Toru Segawa, Tatsushi Nakahara, Hiroshi Ishikawa, Yasumasa Suzaki, Yue-Cai Huang, Ken-ichi Kitayama, Atsushi Hiramatsu

Abstract: We present an energy-efficient, low-latency, torus-topology intra-datacenter network with the deployment of 100-Gb/s hybrid optoelectronic routers, where OPS, OCS and virtual OCS are all supported on a single hardware platform enabled by smart flow management.