Title :
Buffer requirements for high-speed routers
Author_Institution :
Comput. Sci., Univ. Coll. London, UK
Abstract :
A core Internet router can typically buffer 250 ms worth of data (1.25 GByte at 40 Gb/s). This would be challenging for an all-optical router. Happily, recent theory suggests that the optimal buffer size is around 30 kByte.
Keywords :
buffer storage; high-speed optical techniques; optical communication equipment; queueing theory; telecommunication network routing; 30 Kbyte; all-optical router; buffer requirements; buffer sizing; high-speed routers; queueing theoretic approach;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2005. ECOC 2005. 31st European Conference on
Conference_Location :
IET
Print_ISBN :
0-86341-543-1
