5th International ICST Conference on Communications and Networking in China

Research Article

Dimensioning fiber delay lines in optical burst switching networks

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/chinacom.2010.96,
        author={G.M. Li and Z.K. Sun and S.H. Geng},
        title={Dimensioning fiber delay lines in optical burst switching networks},
        proceedings={5th International ICST Conference on Communications and Networking in China},
        publisher={IEEE},
        proceedings_a={CHINACOM},
        year={2011},
        month={1},
        keywords={optical burst switching Optical buffer},
        doi={10.4108/chinacom.2010.96}
    }
    
  • G.M. Li
    Z.K. Sun
    S.H. Geng
    Year: 2011
    Dimensioning fiber delay lines in optical burst switching networks
    CHINACOM
    ICST
    DOI: 10.4108/chinacom.2010.96
G.M. Li1, Z.K. Sun1, S.H. Geng1
  • 1: School of Information Engineering, SHANDONG University at WEIHAI, China

Abstract

We investigate two different node structures with fiber delay lines (FDLs) in optical burst switching networks: FDL share per node and FDL share per link. We study the roles of maximum delay and the single FDL element granularity in FDL share per node. Our simulations show that FDLs with limited delay can effectively improve the network performance in terms of burst loss probability, but increasing the maximum delay beyond a certain range or making FDL granularity much finer cannot improve network performance effectively. The performance improvements in different reservation schemes are also compared.