• DocumentCode
    3196474
  • Title

    Burstiness as traffic metric in next-generation optical core networks

  • Author

    Wolf, Tilman ; Gong, Weibo ; Cai, Yan

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    20-22 July 2009
  • Firstpage
    129
  • Lastpage
    130
  • Abstract
    Next-generation all-optical packet-switched core networks use very small packet buffers. We argue that it is essential to focus on burstiness rather than bandwidth when conditioning traffic for effective network operation.
  • Keywords
    Internet; optical burst switching; optical fibre networks; packet switching; telecommunication traffic; Internet; all-optical packet-switched networks; network burstiness; network traffic metric; next-generation optical core networks; packet buffers; Bandwidth; IP networks; Internet; Next generation networking; Optical buffering; Optical fiber networks; Queueing analysis; Stochastic processes; Telecommunication traffic; Traffic control;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Summer Topical Meeting, 2009. LEOSST '09. IEEE/LEOS
  • Conference_Location
    Newport Beach, CA
  • ISSN
    1099-4742
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-3913-3
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1099-4742
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOSST.2009.5226250
  • Filename
    5226250