Title :
Scaling optical packet buffers
Author :
Dorren, H.J.S. ; Calabretta, N. ; Raz, O.
Author_Institution :
ECO-group, Eindhoven Univ. of Technol., Eindhoven
Abstract :
We investigate how much buffering is required in optical packet routers. In particular, we investigate how the buffering-depth scales with the number of ports of the router and how the packet loss and throughput depend on the network load.
Keywords :
optical fibre networks; telecommunication network routing; network load; optical packet buffer scaling; optical packet routers; Buffer storage; Digital signal processing; Energy consumption; Optical buffering; Optical network units; Optical packet switching; Optical signal processing; Optical switches; Signal processing; Throughput; Optical buffering; optical networking;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics in Switching, 2008. PS 2008. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Sapporo
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4326-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-4-8855-2228-4
DOI :
10.1109/PS.2008.4804270
