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This report describes 1) how we use Intel's Optane DCPMM in the memory Mode. We investigate the the scalability of applications on a single Optane machine, using Subgraph counting as memory-intensive graph problem. We test with various…
With the significant advancements in optical computing platforms recently capable of performing various primitive operations, a seamless integration of optical computing into very fabric of optical communication links is envisioned, paving…
Today's Internet is heavily used for multimedia streaming from cloud backends, while the Internet of Things (IoT) reverses the traditional data flow, with high data volumes produced at the network edge. Information Centric Networking (ICN)…
Cloud deployments now increasingly provision FPGA accelerators as part of virtual instances. While FPGAs are still essentially single-tenant, the growing demand for hardware acceleration will inevitably lead to the need for methods and…
One of the most important multimedia applications is Internet protocol TV (IPTV) for next-generation networks. IPTV provides triple-play services that require high-speed access networks with the functions of multicasting and quality of…
The Ethernet passive optical network (EPON) has recently emerged as the mainstream of broadband access networks. The registration process of EPON, defined by the IEEE 802.3av standard, is a multi-point control protocol (MPCP) within the…
Deep learning has triggered explosive growth in the demand for specialized hardware processors, thus motivating the development of scalable and reconfigurable computing substrates. Optical processors offer a fundamentally different…
This paper presents our experience, in the context of an industrial R&D project, on securing GENIO, a platform for edge computing on Passive Optical Network (PON) infrastructures, and based on Open-Source Software (OSS). We identify threats…
The emergence of diverse network applications demands more flexible and responsive resource allocation for networks. Network slicing is a key enabling technology that provides each network service with a tailored set of network resources to…
Networks inside current data centers comprise a hierarchy of power-hungry electronic packet switches interconnected via optical fibers and transceivers. As the scaling of such electrically-switched networks approaches a plateau, a…
One of the most discussed features offered by Information-centric Networking (ICN) architectures is the ability to support packet-level caching at every node in the network. By individually naming each packet, ICN allows routers to turn…
In accommodating the continued explosive growth in Internet traffic, optical core networks have been evolving accordingly thanks to numerous technological and architectural innovations. From an architectural perspective, the adoption of…
Passive optical networks are increasingly used for access to the Internet and it is important to understand the performance of future long-reach, multi-channel variants. In this paper we discuss requirements on the dynamic bandwidth…
Recent advances in integrated photonics enable the implementation of reconfigurable, high-bandwidth, and low energy-per-bit interconnects in next-generation data centers. We propose and evaluate an Optically Connected Memory (OCM)…
Driven by the ever-increasing capacity demands, the 50G passive optical network (PON) is maturing gradually. One of the main challenges for the 50G PON is implementing burst-mode digital signal processing (BM-DSP) for the burst upstream…
Optical communications and networking are fast becoming the solution to support ever-increasing data traffic across all segments of the network, expanding from core/metro networks to 5G/6G front-hauling. Therefore, optical networks need to…
Environmental and economic concerns promote research on designing energy-efficient Time and Wavelength Division Multiplexed Ethernet Passive Optical Network (TWDM-EPON), which is the future extension to TDM-EPON. In TDM-EPON, a plethora of…
Optical interconnects are already the dominant technology in large-scale data center networks. However, the high optical loss of many optical components coupled with the low efficiency of laser sources result in high aggregate power…
As social infrastructures rapidly age, it is crucial to create a digital SOC (Social Overhead Capital) maintenance system for preventive maintenance. Using IoT sensors installed on the structures, abnormal signals produced by the structures…
Datacenters need networks that support both low-latency and high-bandwidth packet delivery to meet the stringent requirements of modern applications. We present Opera, a dynamic network that delivers latency-sensitive traffic quickly by…