Title :
Waveband burst switching - a new approach to networking
Author :
Parthiban, R. ; Leckie, C. ; Zalesky, A. ; Tucker, Rodney S.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Melbourne Univ., Vic., Australia
Abstract :
We propose a waveband grooming strategy for optical burst switching. We show that by grouping bursts into wavebands, a large reduction in network equipment costs can be effected. This makes burst switching attractive for use in high capacity core networks.
Keywords :
optical fibre networks; telecommunication switching; high capacity core networks; optical burst switching; waveband burst switching; waveband grooming strategy; Assembly; Bars; Burst switching; Computer science; Costs; Optical buffering; Optical burst switching; Optical fiber networks; Optical network units; Routing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. OFC 2006
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-803-9
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2006.215828
