A view on enabling-consumer oriented grids through optical burst switching

Author

De Leenheer, Marc ; Thysebaert, Pieter ; Volckaert, Bruno ; De Turck, Filip ; Dhoedt, Bart ; Demeester, Piet ; Simeonidou, Dimitra ; Nejabati, Reza ; Zervas, Georgios ; Klonidis, Dimitrios ; O´Mahony, Mike J.

Author_Institution

Ghent Univ., Belgium

Volume

44

Issue

3

fYear

2006

fDate

3/1/2006 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

124

Lastpage

131

Abstract

As grid computing continues to gain popularity in the research community, it also attracts more attention from the enterprise and consumer levels. Applications in these domains generate large amounts of jobs, with individual jobs having only modest resource requirements. In this article, a novel architecture to realize a highly scalable and flexible platform for consumer-oriented grids is proposed. The architecture is based on an optical burst switched network, complemented with an advanced control and signaling plane. The architecture, functionality, and interfaces of all the relevant entities are presented and issues, current initiatives, and future directions for the control and management of these grid networks are discussed.

Keywords

grid computing; optical fibre networks; telecommunication control; telecommunication network management; telecommunication switching; enabling-consumer oriented grids; grid computing; grid networks control; grid networks management; optical burst switched network; signaling plane; Bit rate; HDTV; Mesh generation; Optical burst switching; Optical feedback; Optical fiber networks; Optical materials; Quality of service; Telecommunication network reliability; Video compression;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0163-6804

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MCOM.2006.1607875

Filename

1607875