• DocumentCode
    450340
  • Title

    Buffer requirements for high-speed routers

  • Author

    Wischik, Damon

  • Author_Institution
    Comput. Sci., Univ. Coll. London, UK
  • Volume
    5
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    25-29 Sept. 2005
  • Firstpage
    23
  • Abstract
    A core Internet router can typically buffer 250 ms worth of data (1.25 GByte at 40 Gb/s). This would be challenging for an all-optical router. Happily, recent theory suggests that the optimal buffer size is around 30 kByte.
  • Keywords
    buffer storage; high-speed optical techniques; optical communication equipment; queueing theory; telecommunication network routing; 30 Kbyte; all-optical router; buffer requirements; buffer sizing; high-speed routers; queueing theoretic approach;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    iet
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communication, 2005. ECOC 2005. 31st European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    IET
  • ISSN
    0537-9989
  • Print_ISBN
    0-86341-543-1
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    1584319