Uniform-Cost Multi-Path Routing for Reconfigurable Data Center Networks

J Li, H Gong, F De Marchi, A Gong, Y Lei… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Reconfigurable data center networks (RDCNs) are arising as a promising data center
network (DCN) design in the post-Moore's law era. However, the constantly reconfigured …

Realizing RotorNet: Toward Practical Microsecond Scale Optical Networking

WM Mellette, A Forencich, R Athapathu… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
We describe our experience building and deploying a demand-oblivious optically-switched
network based on the RotorNet and Opera architectures. We detail the design, manufacture …

Shale: A Practical, Scalable Oblivious Reconfigurable Network

D Amir, N Saran, T Wilson, R Kleinberg… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Circuit-switched technologies have long been proposed for handling high-throughput traffic
in datacenter networks, but recent developments in nanosecond-scale reconfiguration have …

Lighthouse: An Open Research Framework for Optical Data Center Networks

Y Lei, F De Marchi, J Li, R Joshi… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Optical data center networks (DCNs) are emerging as a promising design for cloud
infrastructure. However, existing optical DCN architectures operate as closed ecosystems …

An Open Research Framework for Optical Data Center Networks

Y Lei, F De Marchi, R Joshi, J Li… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Optical data center networks (DCNs) have emerged as a promising design for cloud network
infrastructure. However, research in this field is constrained by the requirement for …

Breaking the VLB Barrier for Oblivious Reconfigurable Networks

T Wilson, D Amir, N Saran, R Kleinberg… - Proceedings of the 56th …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
In a landmark 1981 paper, Valiant and Brebner gave birth to the study of oblivious routing
and, simultaneously, introduced its most powerful and ubiquitous method: Valiant load …

Semi-Oblivious Reconfigurable Datacenter Networks

N Saran, D Amir, T Wilson, R Kleinberg… - Proceedings of the 23rd …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Reconfigurable datacenter networks use fast optical circuit switches to provide high
bandwidths at low cost, therefore emerging as a compelling alternative to packet switching …

Integrated Topology and Traffic Engineering for Reconfigurable Datacenter Networks

C Griner, C Avin - arXiv preprint arXiv:2402.09115, 2024 - arxiv.org
The state-of-the-art topologies of datacenter networks are fixed, based on electrical
switching technology, and by now, we understand their throughput and cost well. For the …

Unlocking Diversity of Fast-Switched Optical Data Center Networks with Unified Routing

J Li, F De Marchi, Y Lei, R Joshi… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Optical data center networks (DCNs) are emerging as a promising solution for cloud
infrastructure in the post-Moore's Law era, particularly with the advent of'fast-switched'optical …

Improving Oblivious Reconfigurable Networks with High Probability

T Wilson, D Amir, V Shrivastav, R Kleinberg… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
Oblivious Reconfigurable Networks (ORNs) use rapidly reconfiguring switches to create a
dynamic time-varying topology. Prior theoretical work on ORNs has focused on the tradeoff …