Next-generation optical storage area networks the light-trails approach.

Multiple architectures, technologies, and standards have been proposed for storage area networks, typically in the WAN environment. The transport aspect of storage signifies that optical communications is the key underlying technology. The contemporary SAN over optical network concept uses the optic...

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Published in:	IEEE Communications magazine 43, 3 (2005).
Main Author:	Gumaste, Ashwin
Other Authors:	Si Qing Zheng
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Subjects:	WAN. Dynamic bandwidth allocation. Light-trails approach. Optical communication. Optical layer. Optical storage area network. Optimized network.