Burst-Switched Optical Networks Supporting Legacy and Future Service Types英文文献资料.docVIP

HindawiPublishingCorporation JournalofComputerNetworksandCommunications Volume2011,ArticleID310517,17pages doi:10.1155/2011/310517 ReviewArticle Burst-SwitchedOpticalNetworksSupportingLegacyand FutureServiceTypes GeraldFranzl, M.F.Hayat, TomaszHolynski, andA.V.Manolova 1 1 1 2 1 2 InstituteofTelecommunicationsattheViennaUniversityofTechnology,Gusshausstraβe25/E389,1040Vienna,Austria DepartmentofPhotonicsEngineeringattheTechnicalUniversityofDenmark(DTUFotonik),343/130?rstedsplads, 2800Kgs.Lyngby,Denmark CorrespondenceshouldbeaddressedtoGeraldFranzl,gerald.franzl@tuwien.ac.at Received31March2011;Accepted29August2011 AcademicEditor:JohnDoucette Copyright?2011GeraldFranzletal.ThisisanopenaccessarticledistributedundertheCreativeCommonsAttributionLicense, whichpermitsunrestricteduse,distribution,andreproductioninanymedium,providedtheoriginalworkisproperlycited. Focusing on the principles and the paradigm of OBS an overview addressing expectable performance and application issues ispresented.ProposalsonOBSwerepublishedoveradecadeandthepresentedtechniquesspreadintomanydirections.The paper comprises discussions of several challenges that OBS meets, in order to compile the big picture. The OBS principle is presentedunrestrictedtoindividualproposalsandtrends.Meritsareopenlydiscussed,consideringbasicteletra?ctheoryand commontra?ccharacterisation.AmoregenericOBSparadigmthanusualisimpartiallydiscussedandfoundcapabletoovercome shortcomingsofrecentproposals.Inconclusion,anOBSthato?ersdi?erentconnectiontypesmaysupportmostclientdemands withinasoleopticalnetworklayer. 1.Introduction theonlynetworkprotocolwithinbackbonenetworks.The introduction of multiprotocol label-switching (MPLS) has shown that better is possible. The current introduction of generalisedMPLS(GMPLS)[3]reintroducescircuitswitch- ing,showingthatthereisastrongdemandfordi?erentiated transportqualities.Consequently,alsoOBSneedstoprovide diversitytobesuccessful.Apitfallw