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
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