Delay/throughput evaluation study on multicast traffic in WDM optical networks

Author

Habash, Rabi W. ; Baba, Mohd Dani ; Ali, Borhanuddin Mohd

Author_Institution

Fac. of Electr. Eng., Universiti Teknologi Mara, Malaysia

Volume

1

fYear

2003

Firstpage

725

Abstract

This paper examines multicast traffic in single-hop local WDM lightwave networks based on a broadcast-and-select system. We use an approximate analytical solution and Markov model to show the effect of tuning time on system performance. We also show the trade-off between average packet delay against number of channels and network offered load. Finally, we show the trade-off between blocking probability and network offered load.

Keywords

Markov processes; approximation theory; delays; multicast communication; optical fibre networks; packet switching; probability; telecommunication channels; telecommunication traffic; wavelength division multiplexing; Markov model; WDM optical networks; approximate analytical solution; average packet delay; blocking probability; broadcast-and-select system; delay-throughput evaluation study; multicast traffic; network offered load; single-hop local WDM lightwave networks; tuning time; wavelength division multiplexing; Broadcasting; Optical fiber networks; Optical tuning; Performance analysis; System performance; Telecommunication traffic; Throughput; Traffic control; WDM networks; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communication Technology Proceedings, 2003. ICCT 2003. International Conference on

Print_ISBN

7-5635-0686-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCT.2003.1209258

Filename

1209258