Optical Burst Switched Networks - Jason P. Jue

Dedication List of Figures List of Tables Preface 1. Introduction 1.1 Optical Circuit Switching 1.2 Optical Packet Switching 1.3 Optical Burst Switching References 2. Technology And Architecture 2.1 OBS Network Architecture 2.2 Enabling Technology 2.3 Physical-Layer Issues References 3. Burst Assembly 3.1 Timer and Threshold Selection 3.2 Effect of Burst Assembly on Traffic Characteristics 3.3 Evaluation of Threshold-Based Burst Assembly Techniques References 4. Signaling 4.1 Classification of Signaling Schemes 4.2 Just-Enough-Time (JET) 4.3 Tell-and-Wait (TAW) 4.4 Intermediate Node Initiated (TNT) Signaling 4.5 Analytical Delay Model 4.6 Numerical Results References 5. Contention Resolution 5.1 Optical Buffering 5.2 Wavelength Conversion 5.3 Deflection Routing 5.4 Burst Segmentation 5.5 Segmentation with Deflection 5.6 Contention Resolution and QoS References 6. Channel Scheduling 6.1 Segmentation-Based Channel Scheduling 6.2 OBS Core Node Architecture 6.3 Segmentation-Based Non-Preemptive Scheduling Algorithms 6.4 Segmentation-Based Non-Preemptive Scheduling Algorithms with FDLs 6.5 Numerical Results References 7. Quality Of Service 7.1 Relative QoS in OBS Networks 7.2 Absolute QoS References 8. Other Topics 8.1 Labeled OBS 8.2 Multicasting in OBS 8.3 Protection for Optical Burst-Switched Networks 8.4 TCP over OBS 8.5 OBS Testbeds References Index

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