Title :
Design issues for time sliced optical burst
Author :
Ramamirtham, Jeyashankher ; Turner, Jonathan
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Eng., Washington Univ., St. Louis, MO, USA
Abstract :
We study the design of components required to build time sliced optical burst switched (TSOBS) routers. We present a cost analysis of TSOBS routers showing that TSOBS routers can potentially become cost-competitive with electronic routers.
Keywords :
cost-benefit analysis; optical fibre networks; photonic switching systems; telecommunication network routing; telecommunication switching; wavelength division multiplexing; TSOBS routers; component design; cost analysis; cost-competitive routers; time sliced optical burst;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2004. OFC 2004
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-772-5
