An analysis of time-synchronized optical burst switching

Optical burst switching (OBS) is a competitive solution for all-optical next-generation networks. This paper describes a variation of OBS called time-synchronized optical burst switching (SynOBS), which utilizes a synchronized time-slotting technique in order to achieve better resource utilization than traditional OBS. Several resource reservation algorithms for SynOBS are discussed, along with their mathematical analyses, which are validated by simulation models. Finally, the performance of simulated SynOBS and traditional OBS is compared