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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Summer Topical Meeting, 2009. LEOSST '09. IEEE/LEOS
Conference_Location :
Newport Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3913-3
Electronic_ISBN :
1099-4742
DOI :
10.1109/LEOSST.2009.5226250
