Title :
Performance of TCP over optical burst switching networks
Author :
Pleich, Robert ; de Vega Rodrigo, M. ; Götz, Jürgen
Author_Institution :
Siemens AG, Munich, Germany
Abstract :
Bursts contain a number of IP packets from several TCP connections. Burst loss therefore impacts all these connections. This paper studies the throughput and delay degradation to be expected by burst loss in OBS networks.
Keywords :
IP networks; optical switches; switching networks; telecommunication traffic; transport protocols; IP packets; TCP performance; burst loss; delay degradation; optical burst switching networks;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2005. ECOC 2005. 31st European Conference on
Conference_Location :
IET
Print_ISBN :
0-86341-543-1
