A multi-layered approach to optical burst-switched based grids

In this paper we consider implementing optical burst switching as an alternative approach to meet computationally intensive grid applications. Such architecture has been referred to as grid-over-OBS (GoOBS). We first present a unique layered architecture for grid-over-OBS and position OBS protocol stack within the framework of the layered grid architecture. Then, we present a generic framework for anycast routing in the context of GoOBS when requests don´t have explicit addresses and they can be serviced by any appropriate grid resource. We develop several algorithms to support an casting when only a single copy of a request is transmitted. Through simulation analysis, we show the performance of our anycast algorithms and compare them with the shortest-path unicast routing in which all jobs have specific addresses. In our performance analysis, we focus on average end-to-end delay and blocking probability of requests