Traffic Load Uniformity in Optical Packet Switched Networks
Networking and Internet Architecture
2019-06-25 v1
Abstract
A crucial issue in Optical Packet Switched (OPS) networks is packet loss due to contentions. In this paper we study how traffic load uniformity influences the packet loss in a single OPS node. Traffic load uniformity is a measure of the load asymmetry a specific output link in an OPS node receives from its input sources. We develop analytical models based on the Engset traffic model. As a major contribution of this paper, we show that an asymmetric traffic pattern results in less packet loss compared to a symmetric traffic pattern for a single output link in an OPS node.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1906.09655,
title = {Traffic Load Uniformity in Optical Packet Switched Networks},
author = {Harald Øverby},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1906.09655},
year = {2019}
}
Comments
3 pages, 6 figures