DocumentCode :
2783371
Title :
A hybrid optical network architecture consisting of optical cross connects and optical burst switches
Author :
Chou, Chun Tung ; Safaei, Farzad ; Boustead, Paul ; Ouveysi, Iradj
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr., Comput. & Telecommun. Eng., Wollongong Univ., NSW, Australia
fYear :
2003
fDate :
20-22 Oct. 2003
Firstpage :
53
Lastpage :
58
Abstract :
Optical burst switches (OBSes) have been proposed to improve the utilization of a network of optical cross connect (OXCs). Current studies on OBS assume a network consisting of OBSes alone. While this is a reasonable assumption for evaluating a new technology, the question of how a network of OXCs can be evolved to a network of OBSes has not been studied. In this paper, we propose a hybrid architecture consisting of OBSes at the network edge and OXCs in the network core. This architecture allows carriers to gradually migrate from an OXC-based network to an OBS-based network with an improved network utilization. In addition, we use queueing analysis to study the performance of this new architecture.
Keywords :
optical fibre networks; performance evaluation; queueing theory; telecommunication switching; hybrid optical network architecture; network core; network edge; network utilization; optical burst switch; optical cross connect; performance evaluation; queueing analysis; Optical buffering; Optical control; Optical fiber networks; Optical switches; Performance analysis; Queueing analysis; Telecommunication switching; Telecommunication traffic; Traffic control; Wavelength division multiplexing;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Computer Communications and Networks, 2003. ICCCN 2003. Proceedings. The 12th International Conference on
ISSN :
1095-2055
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7945-4
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/ICCCN.2003.1284149
Filename :
1284149
Link To Document :
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