In recent years hybrid optical network architectures, which employ two or more network
technologies simultaneously, were proposed. They aim at improving the overall network …

This paper presents an overview of Quality of Service (QoS) differentiation mechanisms
proposed for Optical Burst Switching (OBS) networks. OBS has been proposed to couple the …

This book is a comprehensive study on OPS networks, its architectures, and developed
techniques for improving its quality of switching and managing quality of service. The book …

This paper presents novel network architecture, called optical burst transport network
(OBTN), which can efficiently transport burst data over a virtual topology and reduce the port …

The phenomenal growth of the Internet coupled with the emergence of new QoS-aware
services in the network has put an enormous strain on current networks. Research efforts …

The fact that the Internet is a packet-based connection-less network is the main driver to
develop a data-centric transport network. In this context, the optical burst switching (OBS) …

We analyze the effects of dynamic optical circuit setup on IP routing in general and on two
routing mechanisms in particular, ie, explicit routing and shortest-path-first routing. We …

we propose a new optical hybrid switching solution that takes advantage of both Optical
Burst Switching (OBS) and Optical Circuit Switching (OCS) technologies, namely, HyLABS …

From the network layer perspective, the problem of burst losses is one of the most
challenging problems which restrain the development of optical burst switching (OBS) …

In Polymorphous Optical Burst-Switched (POBS) networks, the Burst Control Packets (BCPs)
of conventional Just-Enough-Time based signalling OBS networks are given extended …