Scaling all-optical packet routers: How much buffering is required? [Invited]

Journal of Optical Networking

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 936-946

  Dorren, H J S ^a   Calabretta, N ^a   Raz, O ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUFFER STORAGE; PACKET NETWORKS;

ALL OPTICAL; ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; CROSS CONNECTS; MARKOVIAN; NETWORK LOAD; OPTICAL PACKET ROUTER; QUEUING SYSTEMS; TIME EVOLUTIONS;

ROUTERS;

EID: 55749102448     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15365379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JON.7.000936     Document Type: Article

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