Reduction of unnecessary energy consumption is becoming a major concern in wired
networking, because of the potential economical benefits and of its expected environmental …

This paper reviews advanced optical burst switching (OBS) and optical packet switching
(OPS) technologies and discusses their roles in the future photonic Internet. Discussions …

Data-intensive applications that operate on large volumes of data have motivated a fresh
look at the design of data center networks. The first wave of proposals focused on designing …

Recent proposals have employed optical circuit switching (OCS) to reduce the cost of data
center networks. However, the relatively slow switching times (10--100 ms) assumed by …

As community concerns about global energy consumption grow, the power consumption of
the Internet is becoming an issue of increasing importance. In this paper, we present a …

This book takes a pragmatic approach to deploying state-of-the-art optical networking
equipment in metro-core and backbone networks. The book is oriented towards practical …

Optical burst switching (OBS) is a promising solution for building terabit optical routers and
realizing IP over WDM. In this paper, we describe the basic concept of OBS and present a …

In this tutorial, we give an introduction to optical burst switching and compare it with other
existing optical switching paradigms. Basic burst assembly algorithms and their effect on …

We address the issue of how to provide basic quality of service (QoS) in optical burst-
switched WDM networks with limited fiber delay lines (FDLs). Unlike existing buffer-based …

Telecommunication networks are experiencing a dramatic increase in demand for capacity,
much of it related to the exponential takeup of the Internet and associated services. To …