Title :
Packet contention resolution in slotted optical packet switch using ant-colony based algorithm
Author :
Tan, S.C. ; Abbou, F.M. ; Tat, E.H.
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Inf. Technol., Multimedia Univ., Cyberjaya
fDate :
8/1/2007 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
An ant-based contention resolution scheme for the slotted optical packet switched networks has been proposed, and the optimal number of fibre delay lines (FDLs) used in the switch under various traffic loads is investigated. The proposed algorithm can makes FDLs and output port assignment so as to improve the cell-loss rate under various traffic loads. It is found for traffic loads 0.9, 0.6, 0.3, the optimum value for FDL is 64 128 and 128.
Keywords :
optical delay lines; optical fibre networks; optimisation; packet switching; telecommunication traffic; ant-colony based algorithm; fibre delay line; network traffic load; output port assignment; packet contention resolution scheme; slotted optical packet switch;
Journal_Title :
Communications, IET
DOI :
10.1049/iet-com:20060323
