DocumentCode
3034212
Title
Scaling optical packet buffers
Author
Dorren, H.J.S. ; Calabretta, N. ; Raz, O.
Author_Institution
ECO-group, Eindhoven Univ. of Technol., Eindhoven
fYear
2008
fDate
4-7 Aug. 2008
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
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
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/PS.2008.4804270
Filename
4804270
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