Title :
Does optical burst switching have a role in the core network?
Author :
Parthiban, R. ; Tucker, Rodney S. ; Leckie, C. ; Zalesky, A. ; Tran, A.V.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Melbourne, Vic., Australia
Abstract :
We show that optical burst switching (OBS) does not appear to be a viable option for routing in the core network. In order to achieve an acceptably low blocking probability, OBS networks require an uneconomically large increase in network transmission capacity.
Keywords :
optical fibre networks; photonic switching systems; probability; quality of service; telecommunication network routing; telecommunication traffic; QoS; all-optical network; automatically switched optical network; blocking probability; core network routing; network transmission capacity; optical burst switching; quality of service; traffic grooming; Capacity planning; Costs; Intelligent networks; Optical buffering; Optical burst switching; Optical fiber networks; Optical network units; Routing; Telecommunication traffic; Traffic control;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2005. Technical Digest. OFC/NFOEC
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-783-0
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2005.192712
