DocumentCode
1867974
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
Volume
3
fYear
2005
fDate
6-11 March 2005
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2005. Technical Digest. OFC/NFOEC
Print_ISBN
1-55752-783-0
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/OFC.2005.192712
Filename
1501187
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