Title :
Contention avoidance by composite slot assembling
Author :
Rahbar, Akbar Ghaffar Pour ; Yang, Oliver
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Inf. Technol. & Eng., Ottawa Univ., Ont., Canada
Abstract :
We propose composite slot assembling as a software scheme to avoid contention in contention-based time-slotted optical networks. This scheme can be used in edge switches of optical networks supporting multiple-class traffic.
Keywords :
optical fibre networks; telecommunication computing; telecommunication switching; telecommunication traffic; composite slot assembling; contention avoidance; contention-based time-slotted optical networks; edge switches; multiple-class traffic; software scheme; Assembly; Computer networks; Optical buffering; Optical fiber networks; Optical packet switching; Optical switches; Optical wavelength conversion; Road accidents; Telecommunication traffic; Traffic control;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. OFC 2006
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-803-9
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2006.215763
