Burst-Switched Optical Networks Supporting Legacy and Future Service Types

Focusing on the principles and the paradigm of OBS an overview addressing expectable performance and application issues is presented. Proposals on OBS were published over a decade and the presented techniques spread into many directions. The paper comprises discussions of several challenges that OBS...

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Main Authors: Gerald Franzl, M. F. Hayat, Tomasz Holynski, A. V. Manolova
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2011-01-01
Series:Journal of Computer Networks and Communications
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/310517
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description Focusing on the principles and the paradigm of OBS an overview addressing expectable performance and application issues is presented. Proposals on OBS were published over a decade and the presented techniques spread into many directions. The paper comprises discussions of several challenges that OBS meets, in order to compile the big picture. The OBS principle is presented unrestricted to individual proposals and trends. Merits are openly discussed, considering basic teletraffic theory and common traffic characterisation. A more generic OBS paradigm than usual is impartially discussed and found capable to overcome shortcomings of recent proposals. In conclusion, an OBS that offers different connection types may support most client demands within a sole optical network layer.
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spelling doaj-art-2ac38d78b3fa4c04bc663bd0fd15e7c92025-02-03T01:20:14ZengWileyJournal of Computer Networks and Communications2090-71412090-715X2011-01-01201110.1155/2011/310517310517Burst-Switched Optical Networks Supporting Legacy and Future Service TypesGerald Franzl0M. F. Hayat1Tomasz Holynski2A. V. Manolova3Institute of Telecommunications at the Vienna University of Technology, Gusshausstraβe 25/E389, 1040 Vienna, AustriaInstitute of Telecommunications at the Vienna University of Technology, Gusshausstraβe 25/E389, 1040 Vienna, AustriaInstitute of Telecommunications at the Vienna University of Technology, Gusshausstraβe 25/E389, 1040 Vienna, AustriaDepartment of Photonics Engineering at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU Fotonik), 343/130 Ørsteds plads, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, DenmarkFocusing on the principles and the paradigm of OBS an overview addressing expectable performance and application issues is presented. Proposals on OBS were published over a decade and the presented techniques spread into many directions. The paper comprises discussions of several challenges that OBS meets, in order to compile the big picture. The OBS principle is presented unrestricted to individual proposals and trends. Merits are openly discussed, considering basic teletraffic theory and common traffic characterisation. A more generic OBS paradigm than usual is impartially discussed and found capable to overcome shortcomings of recent proposals. In conclusion, an OBS that offers different connection types may support most client demands within a sole optical network layer.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/310517
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