Title :
Delay distributed VCAT for efficient data-optical transport
Author :
Alicherry, Mansoor ; Phadke, C. ; Poosala, Vishy
Author_Institution :
Lucent Technol. Bell Labs., Murray Hill, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We introduce a novel scheme that flexibly distributes the differential delays in virtual concatenation (VCAT) paths in SONET/SDH networks. We show that this increases the utilization of the network in carrying dynamic traffic and reduces the total buffer requirements.
Keywords :
SONET; buffer storage; synchronous digital hierarchy; SDH networks; SONET; buffer requirement reduction; data-optical transport; delay distributed VCAT; differential delay distribution; dynamic traffic network utilization; flexible buffer distribution; virtual concatenation groups; virtual concatenation paths; Bandwidth; Circuits; Delay; Ethernet networks; Optical buffering; Payloads; Routing; SONET; Synchronous digital hierarchy; Telecommunication traffic;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2005. Technical Digest. OFC/NFOEC
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-783-0
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2005.193009
