2006 · 48 citations · 20 references
ComputingComputer EngineeringComputer ScienceComputer NetworksInterconnection NetworksOpticsCommunication NetworksNetwork ArchitectureNetwork SwitchingOptical FlowOptical SwitchingPacket SwitchingCapacity Region AnalysisCapacity-throughput TradeoffCost Tradeoff AnalysisOptical NetworkingOptical Packet SwitchingOptical RoutingOptical SwitchesSwitching Algorithms
In this work, we evaluate an attractive candidate for optical network data transport: optical flow switching (OFS). We describe the operation and implementation of the architecture, characterize its capacity region and capacity-cost tradeoff, and compare it to other prominent optical network architectures.
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