Performance Issues in Optical Burst/Packet Switching

  • Authors:
  • Davide Careglio;Javier Aracil;Siamak Azodolmolky;Joan García-Haro;Sebastian Gunreben;Guoqiang Hu;Mikel Izal;Andreas Kimsas;M. Klinkowski;Martin Köhn;Eduardo Magaña;Daniel Morató;Pablo Pavón-Mariño;Jordi Perelló;Joachim Scharf;Salvatore Spadaro;Ioannis Tomkos;Anna Tzanakaki;Javier Veiga-Gontán

  • Affiliations:
  • Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain 08034;Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain;Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, Cartagena, Spain 30202;Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, Cartagena, Spain 30202;University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany;University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany;Public University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain 31006;Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway;Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain 08034 and National Institute of Telecommunications, Warsaw, Poland;University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany;Public University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain 31006;Public University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain 31006;Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, Cartagena, Spain 30202;Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain 08034;Institute of Communication Networks and Computer Engineering (IKR), Stuttgart, Germany;Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain 08034;Athens Information Technology, Peania-Attica, Athens, Greece 19002;Athens Information Technology, Peania-Attica, Athens, Greece 19002;Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, Cartagena, Spain 30202

  • Venue:
  • Towards Digital Optical Networks
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

This chapter summarises the activities on optical packet switching (OPS) and optical burst switching (OBS) carried out by the COST 291 partners in the last 4 years. It consists of an introduction, five sections with contributions on five different specific topics, and a final section dedicated to the conclusions. Each section contains an introductive state-of-the-art description of the specific topic and at least one contribution on that topic. The conclusions give some points on the current situation of the OPS/OBS paradigms.