Free space optical data center architecture design with fully connected racks

Abdelbaset S. Hamza; Jitender S. Deogun; Dennis R Alexander

doi:10.1109/GLOCOM.2014.7037133

Free space optical data center architecture design with fully connected racks

Abdelbaset S. Hamza, Jitender S. Deogun, Dennis R Alexander

Electrical & Computer Engineering

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Abstract

In this paper, we propose a novel design of a data center (DC) using free space optical (FSO) technology. The proposed FSO-DC design is based on fixed, non-mechanical, FSO links facilitating the realization of fully connected FSO racks and rows/columns of racks. Each rack becomes a point of intersection of three fully connected sub-networks. We investigate requirements, advantages and challenges of the proposed design. We develop and analyze a switch-free, fully connected FSO rack, present its link budget analysis and validate it by simulation. Results establish the feasibility of a switch-free FSO rack based on the proposed FSO-DC design. A cost estimate for the proposed FSO-DC design is also presented and compared to three well-known conventional DC designs.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	2014 IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM 2014
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	2192-2197
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9781479935116
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/GLOCOM.2014.7037133
State	Published - Feb 9 2014
Event	2014 IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM 2014 - Austin, United States Duration: Dec 8 2014 → Dec 12 2014

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Name	2014 IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM 2014

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Other	2014 IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM 2014
Country/Territory	United States
City	Austin
Period	12/8/14 → 12/12/14

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Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Computer Networks and Communications
Communication

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Hamza, A. S., Deogun, J. S., & Alexander, D. R. (2014). Free space optical data center architecture design with fully connected racks. In 2014 IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM 2014 (pp. 2192-2197). [7037133] (2014 IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM 2014). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/GLOCOM.2014.7037133

Free space optical data center architecture design with fully connected racks. / Hamza, Abdelbaset S.; Deogun, Jitender S.; Alexander, Dennis R.
2014 IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM 2014. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2014. p. 2192-2197 7037133 (2014 IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM 2014).

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Hamza, AS, Deogun, JS & Alexander, DR 2014, Free space optical data center architecture design with fully connected racks. in 2014 IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM 2014., 7037133, 2014 IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM 2014, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 2192-2197, 2014 IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM 2014, Austin, United States, 12/8/14. https://doi.org/10.1109/GLOCOM.2014.7037133

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