Title :
Burst switching for energy efficiency in optical networks
Author :
Peng, Shuping ; Hinton, Kerry ; Baliga, Jayant ; Tucker, Rodney S. ; Li, Zhengbin ; Xu, Anshi
Author_Institution :
State Key Lab. of Adv. Opt. Commun. Syst. & Networks, Peking Univ., Beijing, China
Abstract :
Energy consumption of electronic burst switching is modeled and compared to electronic packet switching in the network core and edge. It is shown that burst switching can provide significant energy savings relative to packet switching.
Keywords :
optical burst switching; optical communication; packet switching; electronic burst switching; electronic packet switching; energy consumption; energy efficiency; optical networks; Assembly; Burst switching; Business continuity; Energy consumption; Energy efficiency; Fabrics; Optical fiber networks; Packet switching; Routing; Switches;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication (OFC), collocated National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2010 Conference on (OFC/NFOEC)
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-884-1
