On the Feasibility of Completely WIreless Data Centers

dc.contributor.author	Shin, Ji-Yong
dc.contributor.author	Sirer, Emin Gün
dc.contributor.author	Weatherspoon, Hakim
dc.contributor.author	Kirovski, Darko
dc.date.accessioned	2011-05-03T22:42:56Z
dc.date.available	2011-05-03T22:42:56Z
dc.date.issued	2011-05-03
dc.description.abstract	We introduce a novel data center design based on emerging 60 GHz RF technology that uses wires only to deliver power to its server nodes. Fundamental limitation of wireless data centers is that the maximum number of live connections in the network is directly proportional to the full volume occupied by the data center divided by the radiating volume of a single antenna beam. Consequently, we integrate wireless transceivers and switching logic within each server node and collocate them in cylindric racks to establish a semi-regular mesh topology. Our exploration of the resulting design space shows that while attaining comparable bandwidth, our wireless data center exhibits substantially higher fault tolerance, improved latency, lower power consumption, and easier maintenance than a conventional wired data center.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/1813/22846
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.subject	Datacenter	en_US
dc.subject	60GHz wireless communication	en_US
dc.subject	Wireless datacenter	en_US
dc.title	On the Feasibility of Completely WIreless Data Centers	en_US
dc.type	technical report	en_US

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