Title :
Optical burst switching with large switching overhead
Author :
Li, C.Y. ; Li, G.M. ; Wai, P.K.A. ; Li, Victor O. K.
Author_Institution :
Photonics Research Center and Department of Electronic and Information Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China. Tel: +852 2766-4094, Fax: +852 2362-8439, E-mail: enli@polyu.edu.hk
Abstract :
The optical burst switching (OBS) schemes to date assume that the switching overhead at intermediate nodes is either negligible or can be considered as part of the processing delay of the control packet. In this paper, we will show that the switching overhead can have a significant impact on the performance of OBS. We have also proposed methods to alleviate the problem.
Keywords :
Buffer storage; Delay effects; Optical buffering; Optical burst switching; Optical control; Optical packet switching; Optical switches; Process control; Routing; System performance;
Conference_Titel :
Communications, 2006. ICC '06. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Istanbul
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0355-3
Electronic_ISBN :
8164-9547
DOI :
10.1109/ICC.2006.255166
