2nd International ICST Conference on Broadband Networks

Research Article

Evaluation of burst retransmission in optical burst-switched networks

  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1109/ICBN.2005.1589624,
        author={Qiong Zhang and Vinod M. Vokkarane and Yuke Wang and Jason P.  Jue},
        title={Evaluation of burst retransmission in optical burst-switched networks},
        proceedings={2nd International ICST Conference on Broadband Networks},
        publisher={IEEE},
        proceedings_a={BROADNETS},
        year={2006},
        month={2},
        keywords={},
        doi={10.1109/ICBN.2005.1589624}
    }
    
  • Qiong Zhang
    Vinod M. Vokkarane
    Yuke Wang
    Jason P. Jue
    Year: 2006
    Evaluation of burst retransmission in optical burst-switched networks
    BROADNETS
    IEEE
    DOI: 10.1109/ICBN.2005.1589624
Qiong Zhang1,*, Vinod M. Vokkarane2,*, Yuke Wang3,*, Jason P. Jue3,*
  • 1: Mathematical Sciences and Applied Computing, Arizona State University West, USA
  • 2: Department of Computer and Information Science, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, USA
  • 3: Department of Computer Science, The University of Texas at Dallas, USA
*Contact email: qzhang77@utdallas.edu, vvokkarane@umassd.edu, yuke@utdallas.edu, jjue@utdallas.edu

Abstract

In this paper, we evaluate the performance of a burst retransmission scheme in which the bursts lost due to contentions in an OBS network are retransmitted at the OBS layer. The retransmission scheme aims to reduce burst loss probability in OBS networks. We develop an analytical model for obtaining the burst loss probability over an OBS network that uses the retransmission scheme. We also compare the performance of the burst retransmission scheme with the deflection scheme. Simulation results also show that at a moderate traffic load, the retransmission scheme provides an improvement of up to four times the burst loss probability with the deflection scheme. Results also show that the retransmission scheme significantly improves the burst loss probability compared to an OBS network without the retransmission scheme.