Optical burst switching (OBS) and optical packet switching (OPS) are promising technologies for harnessing the huge bandwidth of WDM optical fiber networks in a highly flexible and efficient manner. As a number of key optical component technologies approach maturity, optical burst/packet switching …
Optical burst switching (OBS) and optical packet switching (OPS) are promising technologies for harnessing the huge bandwidth of WDM optical fiber networks in a highly flexible and efficient manner. As a number of key optical component technologies approach maturity, optical burst/packet switching is becoming an increasingly attractive and practical architecture for the next-generation of optical networks.
Since 2003, the International Workshop on Optical Burst/Packet Switching (WOBS) serves as a premier forum for researchers from academia, industry and government to meet, exchange ideas, and discuss the technical and commercial challenges associated with burst-switched and packet-switched optical networks.