Title :
Performance comparison of optical burst and circuit switched networks
Author :
Xue, Fei ; Yoo, S.J.B. ; Yokoyama, Hiroyuki ; Horiuchi, Yukio
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., California Univ., Davis, CA, USA
Abstract :
This paper presents quantitative performance comparisons between the OBS and OCS networks. The simulation results indicate that, under identical traffic demand and network capacity, OBS networks achieve a higher throughput than OCS networks.
Keywords :
circuit switching; optical fibre networks; telecommunication traffic; wavelength division multiplexing; OBS networks; OCS networks; circuit switched networks; network capacity; optical burst switching; quantitative performance comparisons; throughput; traffic demand; Communication switching; Optical buffering; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber networks; Optical packet switching; Optical wavelength conversion; Switching circuits; Telecommunication traffic; Traffic control; Wavelength routing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2005. Technical Digest. OFC/NFOEC
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-783-0
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2005.192711
