Research Article
Optimal Timeslot Size for Synchronous Optical Burst Switching
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1109/BROADNETS.2007.4550398, author={Artprecha Rugsachart and Richard A. Thompson}, title={Optimal Timeslot Size for Synchronous Optical Burst Switching}, proceedings={1st International IEEE Workshop on Optical Burst/Packet Switching}, proceedings_a={WOBS}, year={2008}, month={6}, keywords={Assembly Fabrics Filling Optical burst switching Performance analysis Protocols Resource management Switches Telecommunication traffic Time factors}, doi={10.1109/BROADNETS.2007.4550398} }- Artprecha Rugsachart
Richard A. Thompson
Year: 2008
Optimal Timeslot Size for Synchronous Optical Burst Switching
WOBS
IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/BROADNETS.2007.4550398
Abstract
Traditional Optical Burst Switching (OBS) protocols assume that data bursts arrive at a given node asynchronously and that burst size varies, which causes a relatively inefficient utilization of the outgoing wavelengths. Time- Synchronized Optical Burst Switching (SynOBS) was proposed to overcome this ineffective resource utilization by utilizing a synchronized timeslot-based mechanism in the OBS network. However, while synchronization improves resource utilization over traditional OBS, the system must be carefully designed in order to achieve the best performance possible. This paper investigates the effect of timeslot size on the performance of SynOBS and proposes an analytical framework for approximating the optimal solution, based on the network configuration and input traffic characteristics.