Title :
Performance Analysis of Optical Flow Switching
Author :
Weichenberg, Guy ; Chan, Vincent W S ; Médard, Muriel
Author_Institution :
Res. Lab. of Electron., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
In our previous work, we presented optical flow switching (OFS) as a key enabler of scalable future optical networks. In the present work, we propose a practical scheduling algorithm and conduct an approximate throughput-delay analysis for OFS networks.
Keywords :
optical communication; optical switches; scheduling; delay analysis; optical flow switching; optical networks; performance analysis; scheduling algorithm; Image motion analysis; Network topology; Optical buffering; Optical fiber networks; Optical packet switching; Optical wavelength conversion; Performance analysis; Scheduling algorithm; Telecommunication traffic; Wide area networks;
Conference_Titel :
Communications, 2009. ICC '09. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Dresden
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3435-0
Electronic_ISBN :
1938-1883
DOI :
10.1109/ICC.2009.5199312
