Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Lisa Ru-Feng Hsu

Christian L Belady

Ishwar Agarwal

Winston Allen Saunders

Douglas M Carmean

Hitesh Ballani

Paolo Costa

Vishal Soni

Daniel Sebastian Berger

Janaina Barreiro Gambaro Bueno

Aninda Manocha

Stanko Novakovic

A system for using free-space optics to interconnect a plurality of computing nodes can include a plurality of optical transceivers that facilitate free-space optical communications among the plurality of computing nodes. The system may ensure a line of sight between the plurality of computing nodes and the optical transceivers to facilitate the free-space optical communications. The line of sight may be preserved by the position or placement of the computing nodes in the system. The position or placement of the computing nodes may be achieved by using different shaped enclosures for holding the computing nodes.

Sloping single point optical aggregation

A system for using free-space optics to interconnect a plurality of computing nodes can include a plurality of node optical transceivers that are electrically coupled to at least some of the plurality of computing nodes. The system can also include a plurality of router optical transceivers that facilitate free-space optical communications with the plurality of node optical transceivers. Each node optical transceiver among the plurality of node optical transceivers can have a corresponding router optical transceiver that is optically coupled to the node optical transceiver. The system can also include a router that is coupled to the plurality of router optical transceivers. The router can be configured to route the free-space optical communications among the plurality of computing nodes.

Using free-space optics to interconnect a plurality of computing nodes

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Lisa Ru-Feng Hsu