Dynamic wavelength selection and delayed burst assignment schemes for Optical Burst Switching networks

Optical Burst Switching (OBS) has been proposed as a promising switching technology for the next generation of optical transport networks. In this paper, we address the issue of how to provide proportional differentiated services in OBS networks. Firstly, a Dynamic Wavelength Selection (DWS) scheme is introduced to provide proportional differentiated services in bufferless OBS networks by dynamically assigning more and longer periods of wavelengths to high priority classes. This scheme can also utilize wavelengths efficiently because the wavelengths are shared among different classes. Next, a Delayed Burst Assignment (DBA) scheme is introduced, by which bursts of the high priority class are given a higher probability for reserving wavelengths by scheduling the bursts of the low priority class with a delay to provide quality of service (QoS) in OBS networks. The integration of these two schemes provides proportional differentiated services and improves the burst loss performance by giving the burst head packet (BHP) two opportunities of scheduling its data burst (DB).     

A framework of prioritized burst segmentation supporting controlled retransmission in OBS networks

In optical burst switching (OBS) networks, burst contentions in OBS core nodes may cause data loss. To reduce data loss, retransmission scheme has been applied. However, uncontrolled retransmission may increase network load significantly and data loss probability defeating the retransmission purpose. In addition, in a priority traffic existing OBS network, OBS nodes may apply different retransmission mechanisms to priorities bursts for quality-of-service (QoS) support. This study has developed a controlled retransmission scheme for prioritized burst segmentation to support QoS in OBS networks. Unlike previous works in the literature, we have set a different value to retransmission probability at each contention and propose a retransmission analytical model for burst segmentation contention resolution scheme. In addition, we have applied the proposed retransmission scheme to the prioritized burst segmentation for QoS support. We have taken into account the load at each link due to both fresh and retransmitted traffic, and have calculated the path blocking probability and byte loss probability (ByLP) for high-priority and low-priority burst to evaluate network performance. An extensive simulation has been proposed to validate our analytical model.     

OBS网络中一种基于突发包优先级分割的可控重传方案

在光突发交换(OBS)网络中,突发包会由于竞争OBS核心节点输出端口的有限波长资源而发生冲突。突发包重传能够在一定程度上减少由于突发包在核心节点冲突而导致的数据损失,但重传次数的增加可能会加重网络负荷,反而增加数据丢失率。并且,在多业务存在的OBS网络中,重传方案需要能够实现区分服务以保证网络的服务质量(QoS)。据此,本文提出一种基于突发包优先级分割的可控重传方案,在实施优先级分割的同时,根据网络负荷赋予每次重传不同的概率,并对重传次数加以控制。最后,仿真分析了路径阻塞率和不同优先级业务的字节丢失率(ByLP,byte loss probability)性能。     

一种用于解决OBS网中资源竞争的新机制

综合考虑多种因素,对突发的偏置时间进行改进,提出了一种新的解决资源竞争并能提供服务质量(QoS)保证的机制.结合3种信道调度算法(LRU、FF和PS),对该机制进行了仿真,并与PPJET机制进行了对比,结果表明,在突发丢失方面该机制的性能明显优于后者.     

OBS网络中基于优先级的先分割后缓存冲突解决方法

为了有效地降低突发包的丢失率和保证OBS网络中不同优先级业务的服务质量,提出了一种基于优先级的先分割后缓存冲突解决方法。该方法通过在多波长信道系统的输出数据信道上设置光纤延迟线组来缓存被分割的冲突突发包。当冲突发生时,首先基于突发包的优先级和处理完毕时间进行"竞争突发包头部分割或者原突发包尾部分割"处理;无冲突部分进行交换或者直接在事先预留的输出数据信道上处理,冲突部分的分割突发包进行光缓存。仿真结果表明,多波长信道系统中,高优先级突发包的丢失率低于低优先级突发包的丢失率。同时该方法在一定程度上可以有效地减少端到端的传输时延和整个网络的丢包率,从而提高整个OBS网络的性能。     

E-OBS网络中一种基于优先级的抢占窗口机制

为了有效地降低突发包的丢失率和保证网络的服务质量,提出了模拟光突发交换网络中一种基于优先级的抢占窗口机制.该机制在模拟光突发交换核心路由器的控制信道上设置抢占窗口,以此来决定是否允许高优先级突发包抢占低优先级突发包.冲突发生时,系统判断高优先级突发包对应的控制包的到达时间是否满足抢占条件,如果满足抢占条件,则允许高优先...     

Priority-based offline wavelength assignment in OBS networks

Optical burst switching (OBS) is a promising technique for wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) networks. In practice, wavelength converters (WCs) are either absent or only sparsely deployed in WDM networks due to economic and technical limitations. Thus, wavelength assignment is expected to be an important component of OBS networks. In this paper, an offline wavelength assignment scheme in OBS networks without wavelength conversion capability is proposed. The key idea of the scheme is to decide the wavelength searching order of each traffic connection at edge nodes according to the wavelength priorities determined by the calculated burst loss probabilities on different wavelengths. Simulation results indicate that the proposed scheme can reduce the network-wide burst loss probability significantly compared with other schemes. It is also illustrated that the performance of the proposed scheme can be further enhanced by a larger number of wavelengths per link and a reasonable delay bound at edge nodes.     

OBS网络中基于优先级与参数可调的偏射路由算法

为了保证OBS网络中不同优先级业务的服务质量和解决偏射算法在偏射控制上的问题,提出一种基于优先级与参数可调的偏射路由算法.该算法通过设置可调参数“偏射概率”来控制冲突突发包的偏射,并从可调丢包率和偏射路径长度意义上寻找最佳偏射路由.当冲突发生时,分割优先级低的突发包,并将分割突发包偏射到空闲的链路上;在空闲的链路中选择...     

支持QoS的自适应门限复合光突发装配技术

该文提出了一种新的光突发装配技术,该技术由自适应门限突发装配算法和基于优先级的随机 化的偏移时间设置方案构成.该装配算法特别适合于多类别分组混合装配,能让所有类别的分组公平有效地使用装配能力,能较好地与IP层的QoS机制相匹配。计算机仿真结果表明该文提出的光突发装配技术在性能上具有一定优越性.     

一种基于门限的光突发交换受限偏射路由算法

提出了一种基于突发丢失门限的条件偏射路由算法（LDFD），该算法采用丢弃少量偏射的高优先级突发来保证偏射路由上较低优先级非偏射突发的服务质量（QoS）。当偏射的高优先级突发到达核心节点而该节点没有空闲数据信道时，就启用定义的偏射条件检测函数来判断是丢弃该突发还是允许其抢占非偏射的低优先级突发的资源，从而减少偏射突发与偏射路由上原有突发的竞争。仿真表明，该算法可以很好地控制偏射突发对偏射路由上正常流量的影响，并有效地提高整个网络的突发丢失性能。     

光突发交换网络中QoS方案的研究

光突发交换是构建下一代光网络的有效交换技术,在OBS网络中如何有效地支持QoS已成为一个重要的研究课题.介绍了光突发交换网络中基于偏置时间的QoS方案和波长分组QoS方案,最后提出了一种基于波长分组技术,结合突发分片技术和Min-Sv算法的QoS的解决方案,通过建立相应的模型时其进行了仿真,仿真结果表明所提出的方案可以更好地提供区分服务,同时有效地提高了信道的利用率,降低了整体的丢失率.     

QoS Supporting Algorithms for Optical Internet Based on Optical Burst Switching

In this paper, we propose a protocol architecture and quality of service (QoS) supporting algorithms for optical Internet based on optical burst switching (OBS) technology. Firstly, the function of each layer of the protocol architecture and the formats of control packets are defined in order to adopt GMPLS to the control plane of OBS. Then, the offset time decision (OTD) algorithm to cooperate with the proposed protocol architecture is designed for optical Internet. A new burst loss formula taking into account the effect of offset time is introduced to design the OTD algorithm. This algorithm can decide on the appropriate priority-offset time according to the required QoS by using the reversed equation of the so-called heuristic loss formula (HLF) which is approximated as a proportional equation of our new loss formula. Finally, we propose a CAC algorithm based on the OTD algorithm for the purpose of increasing the availability of wavelength resources and supporting the QoS of established connections in optical Internet. The performance of the proposed algorithms is evaluated in terms of burst loss rate and the number of connections through simulation.     

A novel contention solution strategy based on priority for optical burst switching networks

A fundamental issue in optical burst switching (OBS) networks is to solve the burst contention for the core node. In this paper, a novel priority-based contention solution strategy for OBS networks is proposed. When the contention occurs, the burst priority is considered firstly, and then the burst segmentation method is used for the low priority bursts in this strategy. Ensuring the integrity of high priority bursts, part of the segmented bursts can be transmitted to the destination node via combining wavelength conversion and optical buffer method. Simulation results show that the proposed scheme not only ensures the integrity of high priority bursts, but also reduces the packet loss rate of the low priority bursts maximally, so that it can support good quality of service (QoS) for the network.     

A dynamic load-aware congestion control scheme in optical burst switching networks

The most important design goal in Optical Burst Switching (OBS) networks is to reduce burst loss resulting from resource contention. Especially, the higher the congestion degree in the network is, the higher the burst loss rate becomes. The burst loss performance can be improved by employing an appropriate congestion control. In this paper, to actively avoid contentions, we propose a dynamic load-aware congestion control scheme that operates based on the highest (called ‘peak load’) of the loads of all links over the path between each pair of ingress and egress nodes in an OBS network. We also propose an algorithm that dynamically determines a load threshold for adjusting burst sending rate, according to the traffic load in a network. Further, a simple signalling method is developed for our proposed congestion control scheme. The proposed scheme aims to (1) reduce the burst loss rate in OBS networks and (2) maintain reasonable throughput and fairness. Simulation results show that the proposed scheme reduces the burst loss rate significantly, compared to existing OBS protocols (with and without congestion control), while maintaining reasonable throughput and fairness. Simulation results also show that our scheme keeps signalling overhead due to congestion control at a low level.     

A new proportional differentiation scheme based on batch scheduling for optical burst switching networks

Optical burst switching (OBS) is a promising switching paradigm for building the next generation optical internet. The proportional differentiation model is very convenient for network operators to quantitatively adjust the quality differentiation among service classes. To provide proportional differentiated services for OBS networks, a proportional differentiation scheme based on batch scheduling is proposed in this article. The scheme adopts the batch scheduling idea to reserve data channel resources for a batch of data bursts. It helps to decrease burst dropping probability. When some data bursts are unsuccessfully scheduled, a preemption method is used to keep a proportional burst dropping probability among service classes according to the expected burst dropping probability equations given by the proportional differentiation model. The scheme has low computational complexity. Simulation results show that the scheme can provide proportional differentiated services and efficiently decrease the burst dropping probability.

基于竞争控制的光突发交换条件偏射路由算法

光突发交换(OBS)网络中,偏射路由算法是有效地解决突发竞争、提高网络性能的一种重要措施,但通过分析发现,它可能会导致偏射路由上正常(非偏射)突发的丢失率上升.提出了一种基于竞争控制的条件偏射路由算法,根据定义的偏射条件检测函数,有条件的偏射或丢弃竞争突发来保证偏射路由上正常突发的QoS.仿真表明该算法可以很好地控制偏射突发对网络偏射路由上正常流量的影响.     

光突发交换网络新型偏射路由方案研究

光突发交换(OBS)被认为是下一代光网络中的有效核心交换技术之一,设计OBS网络的最初目的之一是减小突发包丢失率.解决突发竞争的方法主要包括光缓存、波长变换、偏射路由和突发分段.提出一种改进偏射路由方案,并建立了数学模型,对改进方案的性能进行了仿真分析,结果表明改进方案能更好的提高网络整体性能.     

A partial-success-rate-based resource reservation scheme for slotted OBS networks

Optical burst switching (OBS) is a promising technology for next-generation optical networks. Slotted OBS is an improved version of OBS to reduce burst loss rate, in which wavelength channels are divided into time slots. Slotted OBS has an implicit and under-used property that resources for two bursts with the same source and the same destination are interchangeable. The property further means that resource for a long-distance burst can be partially used by a short-distance burst. In this paper, we utilize the property to design a resource reservation scheme for slotted OBS networks. The scheme reserves a batch of slots every time; the specific number of slots is calculated according to number of arrived bursts and partial success rate (a newly introduced conception in this paper) at each node. Simulation results show that the proposed scheme can get lower burst loss rate, comparing with the well-performing two-way signaling scheme.     

OBS网络中的新型竞争解决方案

提出一种解决光突发交换(OBS)网络节点中突发数据包冲突的方案.发生冲突时,在OBS层重传被丢弃突发数据包,然后给出评估这种重传机制丢包率的方法,并与偏射路由策略的性能进行比较,结果表明突发重传机制显著改善了丢包率.可以很好地实现服务质量(QoS)机制.     

Optimized TQ-MAP: An Adaptive Mapping Mechanism to Guarantee the Coherence of QoS Support from IP to OBS

Because of its scalability, the idea of coarse packet classification can be utilized to OBS networks. However, due to the limited number of priorities supported by OBS networks, we usually adopt a many-to-one composite class burst (CCB) assembly technique, e.g., N:1-CCB. In this kind of technique, there are two aspects related to scalable QoS support, i.e., mapping relationship and assembly resource allocation. This paper simultaneously takes the two aspects into consideration, and proposes a novel assembly mapping mechanism, called Optimized TQ-MAP, in which the most important feature is adaptivity. Based on nonlinear programming and differential calculus, it allocates the burst assembling capacity between classes fairly, efficiently and differentially, and matches IP QoS requirement with OBS QoS capacity as possible as it can. The simulation results show that Optimized TQ-MAP is more adaptive, and can efficiently guarantee the coherence of QoS support from IP to OBS.