Assessment of TCP Performance in OBS Networks with Load Dependent Contention

Author

Gelpke, J.P. ; Schlosser, M. ; Patzak, E. ; Buchta, H.

Author_Institution

Fraunhofer Inst. for Telecommun. - Heinrich-Hertz-Inst. Einsteinufer 37, Berlin

Volume

3

fYear

2007

fDate

1-5 July 2007

Firstpage

101

Lastpage

104

Abstract

In this paper we analyze the limits of effective throughput for TCP segments through an optical burst switching (OBS) network. Wavelength conversion and deflection routing are considered as contention resolution methods. The work shows that there is a strong interaction between TCP congestion avoidance mechanisms and the load dependant contention in the OBS network. It provides for the first time a consistent treatment of OBS contention resolution and TCP congestion avoidance.

Keywords

optical burst switching; optical fibre networks; optical wavelength conversion; telecommunication congestion control; telecommunication network routing; transport protocols; OBS network; TCP congestion avoidance mechanisms; contention resolution methods; deflection routing; load-dependant contention; optical burst switching; wavelength conversion; Analytical models; Bandwidth; Optical buffering; Optical burst switching; Optical wavelength conversion; Telecommunication traffic; Throughput; Traffic control; Transport protocols; Wavelength routing; OPNET modeler; TCP performance; deflection routing; optical burst switching;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transparent Optical Networks, 2007. ICTON '07. 9th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Rome

Print_ISBN

1-4244-1249-8

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-1249-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTON.2007.4296256

Filename

4296256