Optical burst and packet switching: node and network design, contention resolution and quality of service

Author

Bjornstad, S. ; Nord, M. ; Hjelme, D.R. ; Stol, N. ; Develder, C. ; Cheyns, J. ; Van Breusegem, E. ; Baert, E. ; Colle, D. ; Pickavet, M. ; Demeester, P. ; Callegati, Franco ; Cerroni, Walter ; Raffaelli, C. ; Zaffoni, P. ; Lackovic, M. ; Gauger, C.M. ; C

Author_Institution

Internet Network Archit., Telenor R&D, Oslo, Norway

Volume

2

fYear

2003

Firstpage

775

Abstract

Future network should be able to efficiently serve packet-based networks, such as the Internet. In this paper, based on results from COST 266, we explore characteristics of optical burst switching (OBS) and optical packet switching (OPS). Both node design and metropolitan area network (MAN) are discussed. A unique joint comparative performance evaluation of contention resolution in OBS and OPS are presented, as well as methods of quality of service (QoS) differentiation in OBS/OPS networks, and their performance.

Keywords

Internet; metropolitan area networks; optical fibre networks; packet radio networks; packet switching; quality of service; Internet; MAN; QoS differentiation; contention resolution; metropolitan-area network; network design; node design; optical burst switching; optical packet switching; packet-based network; quality of service; Circuits; Costs; IP networks; Optical buffering; Optical design; Optical fiber networks; Optical packet switching; Packet switching; Quality of service; Telecommunication switching;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Telecommunications, 2003. ConTEL 2003. Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Zagreb, Croatia

Print_ISBN

953-184-052-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CONTEL.2003.177003

Filename

1215913