Scalability of a class of switch networks

Author

Yao, Yue Edward

Author_Institution

Dept. of Eng. Math., Dalhousie Univ., Halifax, NS, Canada

fYear

2005

fDate

16-18 May 2005

Firstpage

22

Lastpage

27

Abstract

Today many network operators and suppliers are developing control plane technologies for applications in the emerging optical network called all-switched network in which multi-chassis optical switches (called Switch Chassis Systems) play an important role. In this paper, we present ways to evaluate the scalability of the control plane of a switch chassis system (i.e. SONET/SDH OC-48 cross-connect, non-blocking switching system with 256 OC-48 connections). A stochastic network model is developed for studying the scalability of the control plane of the system. Through the numerical analysis of simulations, we can derive the scalability of the control plane of the system with a scalable scenario in which the required mean system delay (QoS) can be maintained.

Keywords

delays; optical fibre networks; quality of service; stochastic processes; switching networks; QoS; all-switched optical network; control plane technology; mean system delay; multichassis optical switch; network operator; numerical analysis; stochastic network model; Control systems; Numerical analysis; Optical control; Optical fiber networks; Optical switches; SONET; Scalability; Stochastic systems; Switching systems; Synchronous digital hierarchy;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communication Networks and Services Research Conference, 2005. Proceedings of the 3rd Annual

Print_ISBN

0-7695-2333-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CNSR.2005.55

Filename

1429940