A Resilience-Based Comparative Study between Optical Burst Switching and Optical Circuit Switching Technologies

Author

Hernández, José Alberto ; Aracil, Javier ; López, Víctor ; Palacios, Juan Fernández ; De Dios, Óscar González

Author_Institution

Networking Res. Group, Univ. Autonoma de Madrid

Volume

3

fYear

2006

fDate

38869

Firstpage

231

Lastpage

234

Abstract

Internet operators and ISP providers have traditionally designed network resources following an over-planning policy, on attempts to maintain a desired grade of service and network availability, regardless of network failures. This work presents a comparative study of two resilience mechanisms in the design of optical networks either based on optical burst switching (OBS) or optical circuit switching (OCS): the M:N protection scheme with dedicated backup channels. It is further analysed and discussed the benefits and disadvantages of such mechanism based on an analytical model

Keywords

circuit switching; optical burst switching; optical fibre networks; telecommunication channels; telecommunication network reliability; M:N protection scheme; OBS; dedicated backup channels; network availability; network failures; network resources; optical burst switching; optical circuit switching technologies; service grade; Analytical models; Availability; IP networks; Optical burst switching; Optical design; Optical fiber networks; Protection; Resilience; Switching circuits; Web and internet services; Erlang-B; Erlang-C; M: N protection; OBS; OCS; resilience mechanisms;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transparent Optical Networks, 2006 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Nottingham

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0235-2

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0236-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTON.2006.248441

Filename

4013838