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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2014
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
According to at least one aspect, a network system includes a wavelength selective switch (WSS) mesh network, multiple dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) multiplexers/de-multiplexers, and a controller. The WSS mesh network includes a plurality of WSS components. Each WSS component includes a common port and multiple switching ports. The plurality of WSS components are coupled to each other through corresponding switching ports. Each DWDM multiplexer/de-multiplexer is coupled to one of multiple sets of servers via a respective top tier switch and respective aggregation nodes and coupled to a common port of a WSS component of the WSS mesh network. The controller is configured to obtain indications of communication bandwidth demand for communications between the multiple sets of servers, determine a configuration for the WSS mesh network based on the obtained indications of communication bandwidth demand, and cause the WSS components and the top tier switches to be configured according to the determined configuration.