Congestion-Controlled Optical Burst Switching Network With Connection Guarantee: Design and Demonstration

Author

Sahara, Akio ; Ono, Takashi ; Yamawaku, Jun ; Takada, Atsushi ; Aisawa, Shigeki ; Koga, Masafumi

Author_Institution

Network Innovation Labs., Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp., Kanagawa

Volume

26

Issue

14

fYear

2008

fDate

7/15/2008 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

2075

Lastpage

2086

Abstract

A congestion-controlled optical burst switching network that offers connection guarantees was designed to handle bursts as short as 100 ms with switching within 10 ms in networks less than 200 km long. Its optical burst switching (OBS) is based on circuit switching, and transport is by optical burst paths. Five metrics are proposed for evaluating OBS network performance. The application area to be laid and the data application were determined in accordance with the design target. Given a reasonable burst block probability requirement, design criteria are developed on the basis of wavelength switching and conversion implementation. OBS network performance is tested in field trials on the Japan Gigabit Network II testbed. Fast congestion control through the use of precalculated detour routes is demonstrated.

Keywords

optical burst switching; optical fibre networks; optical wavelength conversion; probability; telecommunication congestion control; Japan Gigabit Network II testbed; OBS network; circuit switching; congestion-controlled network; optical burst path; optical burst switching network; optical communication; photonic network; reasonable burst block probability; wavelength conversion; wavelength switching; Communication switching; Delay; High speed optical techniques; Optical burst switching; Optical design; Optical fiber networks; Optical packet switching; Optical switches; Switching circuits; Testing; Optical burst switching; optical communication; photonic network;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JLT.2008.922307

Filename

4610002