Quality of Service in Optical Burst Switched Networks

• Main Authors: Chua, Kee Chiang (Author), Gurusamy, Mohan (Author), Liu, Yong (Author), Phung, Minh Hoang (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2007.
• Series: Optical Networks
• Subjects: Engineering.; Computer communication systems.; Microwaves.; Optical engineering.; Electrical engineering.; Communications Engineering, Networks.; Computer Communication Networks.; Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering.

Quality of Service in Optical Burst Switched Networks is a broad review and reference for researchers and professionals of Quality of Service (QoS) support in Optical Burst Switching (OBS) networks. The authors start with an overview of OBS architecture, then categorize and discuss existing QoS supp...

Table of Contents:

• Node-Based QoS Improvement Mechanisms
• Relative QoS Differentiation
• Absolute QoS Differentiation
• Edge-to-Edge QoS Mechanisms
• Variants of OBS and Research Directions.