Title :
Optical burst switching: research and applications
Author :
Bayvel, Polina ; Dueser, Michael
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Univ. Coll. London, UK
Abstract :
We describe recent developments in dynamic, wavelength-routed OBS networks. The challenges and limitations of this architecture in edge router design, lightpath request scheduling, quality of service provisioning and the impact of traffic statistics are identified.
Keywords :
optical fibre networks; optical switches; telecommunication network routing; telecommunication switching; telecommunication traffic; edge router design; lightpath; optical burst switching; traffic statistics; wavelength-routed OBS network;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2004. OFC 2004
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-772-5
