A broad view on overspill routing in optical networks: a real synthesis of packet and circuit switching?

The emerging wavelength switched networks reduce the strain on packet forwarding. Unfortunately, that solution is not really efficient on a bandwidth level, and is not ideally suited for bursty traffic. Packet switched solutions, whether electronic or optical, can use statistical multiplexing to cope with bursty traffic and yield better bandwidth efficiency. We present a novel network concept that can combine these two worlds, withholding their advantages. We introduce this Overspill Routing In Optical Networks (ORION), and discuss several aspects of it: the overall architecture and network concept, node design and implementation, and evaluation at network level as well as node level.     

Contribution to future metropolitan access network planning considering link failures in photonic switched networks

Photonic switching for traffic optimization in Metropolitan Access Optical Networks using technologies of optical packet/burst switching (OPS/OBS) seems to be a future-proof solution considering high capacity and the highly variable traffic in these networks. Looking for this future, we propose a study based on the analyze of survivability of traffic unconsidering protection mechanism but considering mesh and ring efficient topologies with node architecture to OPS. The results are obtained through computer modeling and simulation. The main parameters analyzed are as follows: capacity, average number of hops, packet loss fraction, and link utilization for each topology. These parameters are adopted to evaluate the performance of each topology considering failures. Minimum electronic buffering is included at node ingress (client side) to avoid packet loss in the access to the optical layer: high throughput and low latency. It is also observed that optical buffering is not necessary for adequate network performance.     

光总线交换网络输出排队两级缓冲结构与性能分析

为了解决核心路由器高速无阻塞光总线交换网络体系结构中的高速大容量分组缓冲这一关键技术难题,本文提出了基于SRAM技术和DRAM技术相结合的输出排队分组两级缓冲结构及相关LBF-MMA存储器管理算法,并利用实测的网络流量数据对该缓冲技术的性能进行了仿真分析.分析表明,两级缓冲结构较好地解决了光总线交换网络中分组缓冲高速度与大容量之间的矛盾,对高速路由器技术的发展也具有一定的指导意义.     

光突发交换技术

介绍了一种很有发展潜力的新交换模式－－光突发交换。对其基本概念、交换原理、网络结构、节点结构进行了简明的阐述,通过与另外两种典型交换模式－波长路由与光分组交换的比较,总结了光突发交换的优势,并指出了光突发交换尚待解决的问题。     

Performance characteristics of cascaded delay‐line node architectures in single‐path interconnection networks

Internally buffered multistage interconnection network architectures have been widely used in parallel computer systems and large switching fabrics. Migration from electrical domain to optical domain has raised the necessity of developing node architectures with optical buffers. Cascaded fibre delay line architectures can be seen as possible realizations of output and shared buffering in a 2 × 2‐switching element. These approaches can be used as buffered node architecture in a Banyan like interconnect. In this paper, we investigate and compare these approaches by using simulation methods. Different performance metrics, such as normalized throughput, average packet delay, packet loss rate and buffer utilization have been used under uniform and non‐uniform traffic models. Results show that the TC‐chain node Banyan network offer an improved normalized throughput and average packet delay performances under both traffic models without disrupting first‐in‐first‐out order of arrivals. The switched delay‐line requires fewer switching elements than TC and TTC architectures but at the cost of high packet delay. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Multi-wavelength switching in IP optical nodes adopting different buffering strategies

The paper addresses the topic of long-haul optical networking for the provision of large-bandwidth IP services. A class of optical packet switching architectures is considered which adopts an arrayed wavelength grating device as packet router. The architecture performs slotted packet switching operations and fully exploits the wavelength routing capabilities by allowing multi-wavelength switching. Fiber delay lines are used to perform optical packet buffering, which accomplishes either input queueing or shared queueing. Here a thorough performance evaluation is carried out with different buffering configurations and the effect of various switch parameters on traffic performance is studied.     

一种基于负载选择的光分组交换缓存结构

提出了一种基于业务负载选择的光分组交换(OPS)网络的光缓存结构,根据业务负载大小灵活选择缓存方式。输出缓存光纤延迟线(FDL)采用分段式共享机制配置,输出/反馈共享缓存模块采用简并式配置,以提高有限数目FDL的利用率。分析和仿真表明,这种可选择的缓存结构可以有效降低丢包率和OPS节点需求的FDL数目。     

Overspill routing in optical networks: a true hybrid optical network design

To efficiently support the highly dynamic traffic patterns of the current Internet in large-scale switches, we propose a new hybrid optical network design: Overspill Routing In Optical Networks (ORION). By taking advantage of the reduced (electronic) processing requirements of all-optical wavelength switching, the electronic bottleneck is relieved. At the same time, ORION achieves a level of statistical multiplexing comparable to the more traditional point to point WDM solutions, circumventing the bandwidth inefficiencies of all-optical wavelength switched networks, caused by dynamic traffic patterns. The result is a true hybrid optical network design, forming a bridge between these two switching concepts. In this paper the generic concept of ORION is described. An example node design, based on current advanced optical technologies, is described in detail. The ORION concept is also evaluated, comparing it with its two composing technologies, optical wavelength switching and point to point WDM, as well as a third, more trivial, hybrid one, through several case studies.     

未来光因特网中的光交换方式及其发展趋势

Internet的业务流量正以每六个月翻一番的速度快速增长,未来网络中,数据业务超过话音业务只是时间问题,因此,基于电路交换的电信网升级到支持基于分组交换的数据业务是不可避免的,但是对因特网来说,由于光逻辑与光存储等器件不成熟,发展全光分组交换,技术上异常困难。另一方面,近来新提出的光突发交换,技术上相对简单,性能特点优异,因而成为更理想的选择,本文介绍了全光分组交换和光突发交换的研究现状,比较了两者的优缺点,最后指出改进光突发交换性能的两种方式。     

Comparison of ATM switching architectures

Clear examination of work currently done within CCITT indicates the importance of a broadband telecommunication network. As this network should be capable of integrating all services in an efficient way—in order to reduce cost—the asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) was selected by CCITT as the target transfer mode for implementing the broadband integrated services digital network (BISDN). This selection implies that the switching nodes in the BISDN network are capable of supporting this high-speed packet and connection-orientated technique. Within the literature different switching node architectures based upon ATM have been proposed. All of these architectures should meet the high-speed and high-throughput requirements so as to cope with the delay and jitter performance objectives. In a first step this paper describes alternative switching techniques for the basic building block (switching element) of a switching node. A common model architecture of the switching element is drafted. A classification of switching elements described in the literature is derived and the influence on the complexity and performance is weighted. In a second step the switching node architecture is further elaborated according to the control and flexibility requirements. Core (switching) and edge (switching related) functions are listed, and possible functional partitionings are discussed. Finally, these ATM switching architectures are compared according to a background frame consisting of several straightforward comparison points such as the buffering strategy, the internal routeing method, the switching overhead, the connection-orientated or connectionless operation, etc.     

核心通信网的光分组交换

文章首先简单说明了新一代通信网需要使用分级交换的由来。接着详细叙述了光分组交换在未来光通信网的应用，包括节点结构、分组格式、输入、输出接口和一些特别重要的技术，如再生、同步、信头处理、缓冲、空间交换和波长转换等。     

Analytical MMAP-Based Bounds for Packet Loss in Optical Packet Switching with Recirculating FDL Buffers

The major goal of optical packet switching (OPS) is to match switching technology to the huge capacities provided by (D)WDM. A crucial issue in packet switched networks is the avoidance of packet losses stemming from contention. In OPS, contention can be solved using a combination of exploitation of the wavelength domain (through wavelength conversion) and buffering. To provide optical buffering, fiber delay lines (FDLs) are used. In this paper, we focus on an optical packet switch with recirculating FDL buffers and wavelength converters. We introduce the Markovian arrival process with marked transitions (MMAP), which has very desirable properties as a traffic model for OPS performance assessment. Using this model, we determine lower and upper bounds for the packet loss rate (PLR) achieved by the aforementioned switch. The calculation of the PLR bounds through matrix analytical methods is repeated for a wide range of traffic conditions, including highly non-uniform traffic, both in space (i.e., packet destinations) and time (bursty traffic). The quality of these bounds is verified through comparison with simulation results.     

Light core and intelligent edge for a flexible, thin-layered, and cost-effective optical transport network

We present a new optics-based transport architecture that emulates fast switching in the network core via emerging fast tunable lasers at the network edge, and bypasses the need for fast optical switching and buffering. The new architecture is capable of handling both asynchronous and synchronous traffic, for dealing with various bandwidth granularities and responding to dynamic changes in end-to-end traffic demands. The architecture also reduces the amount of layering in the transport network by eliminating packet and TDM switching, keeps the network core light (lightweight and transparent), and pushes intelligence to the network edge. We discuss technical challenges that arise in the new architecture and describe possible approaches to address them.     

High-Performance Hybrid-Switching Optical Router for IP over WDM Integration

Because pure electrical routers with their bandwidth limitations can hardly keep up with the tremendous traffic growth in the Internet, optical routers based on various optical switching techniques including optical wavelength switching (OWS), optical burst switching (OBS), and optical packet switching (OPS) have been suggested to cope with this problem. However, because OBS and OPS are both in their early experimental phase and OWS only provides coarse granularity switching, a hybrid-switching optical router with combined OWS and electrical packet switching is a necessity in order to accommodate the entire multi-granularity traffic with multi-service requirements in a cost-effective manner. Its coordination capability of optical circuit switching and electrical packet switching enables efficient/intelligent usage of network resources. In this paper, we first review research and developments of such IP routers employing optical switching/interconnection techniques and examine how these techniques can be used inside routers to scale node capacity and to improve optical Internet performance. We also present and study the performance of a terabit optical router with an optical-electrical hybrid-switching fabric. The node architecture is based on the idea of IP over WDM integration with Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching (GMPLS). The network-level performance evaluations show that the proposed hybrid-switching optical router is a cost-effective solution for building the next generation GMPLS-based multi-granularity optical Internet.     

A framework for fiber delay‐line buffers in packet‐based asynchronous multifiber optical networks (PAMFONET)

A major challenge in packet‐based optical networks is packet contention, which occurs when two or more packets are heading to the same output at the same time. To resolve contention in the optical domain, a fundamental approach is fiber delay‐line (FDL) buffering, in which packets can be delayed for a fixed amount of time. In the literature, the performance of FDL buffering has been studied extensively. However, most existing works are based on an assumption that there is only one fiber per link in the network. In this paper, we address the architecture and performance of FDL buffers in packet‐based asynchronous multifiber optical networks (PAMFONET), in which each link in the network may consist of multiple optical fibers. We propose a framework for FDL buffers in PAMFONET, in which we provide three essential architectures and corresponding packet scheduling policies. Extensive simulation results show that, with appropriate settings, the same number of FDLs can lead to better performance in multifiber networks than in single‐fiber networks. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

一种新型的光分组交换环网体系结构

提出了一种以波长为标签的新型全光变长分组交换环网的体系结构、网络节点的光分组数据包收发模型,以及防止光分组冲突的多令牌协议。使用多令牌协议的环网在进行光分组交换时,不需要高速的光子器件,无需使用延迟线、电中继以及解决光分组的冲突问题。通过数值仿真,分析了4节点、8节点和16节点环网巾光分组各种的时延特性以及网络的吞吐量特性。结果表明,当网络负载增大时,数据包的平均时延增大,同时网络节点的吞吐量和资源利用率也随之增大;网络节点数目越多,网络的吞吐率也越大。     

野战分组交换网的性能分析

本文提出了一种评价野战分组交换性能的分析方法，其基本原理是根据网络的拓扑结构和每个节点产生的业务量计算出每个节点的总业务量以及每条链路上的业务流量，然后依据排队理论计算野战分组交换网的性能，本文对一种规划的栅格状网络进行了理论分析，并分别针对两种路由准则，采用递归方法推导出了评价网络性能的计算公式。     

Restoration in wavelength-routed optical networks by means of ant colony optimization

Because of the distributed control of the network, the dynamic nature of the traffic and the unpredictability of a failure event, the flexibility and robustness of ant colony optimization (ACO) make it a suitable candidate for provisioning lightpaths in an optical network. In this work, we propose a fault-tolerant dynamic routing and wavelength assignment (RWA) algorithm based on the ACO framework, presenting its integration into the Generalized multi-protocol label switching (GMPLS) control plane. By simulating two different scenarios, we demonstrate the effectiveness of this algorithm when a single link or node failure occurs.

Physical and logical validation of a network based on all-opticalpacket switching systems

The large growth of telecommunication traffic demand generated by multiple new applications and expected to last at least for the next decade will force telecom operators to consider offering more flexible transport services. All-optical packet switching is a powerful technique to provide this flexibility and to support in a cost-efficient way a wide range of bandwidth consuming applications. After a very brief introduction about the packet-switched network architecture studied in the framework of the ACTS KEOPS project, we describe the structure of the packet-switching node we have defined. We then move into physical and logical analysis of the network including more than 40 network sections based on 160 Gb/s throughput optical packet switching nodes could operate error free. In addition, logical simulations have proved that such networks could provide a quality of service (packet loss rate and packet transfer delay per node) compatible with a large variety of service classes. Both results validate the feasibility of the network concept and pace the way toward a flexible network based on all-optical switching techniques     

Some principles for designing a wide-area WDM optical network

We explore design principles for next-generation optical wide-area networks, employing wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) and targeted to nationwide coverage. This optical network exploits wavelength multiplexers and optical switches in routing nodes, so that an arbitrary virtual topology may be embedded on a given physical fiber network. The virtual topology, which is used as a packet-switched network and which consists of a set of all-optical “lightpaths”, is set up to exploit the relative strengths of both optics and electronics-viz. packets of information are carried by the virtual topology “as far as possible” in the optical domain, but packet forwarding from lightpath to lightpath is performed via electronic switching, whenever required. We formulate the virtual topology design problem as an optimization problem with one of two possible objective functions: (1) for a given traffic matrix, minimize the network-wide average packet delay (corresponding to a solution for present traffic demands), or (2) maximize the scale factor by which the traffic matrix can be scaled up (to provide the maximum capacity upgrade for future traffic demands). Since simpler versions of this problem have been shown to be NP-hard, we resort to heuristic approaches. Specifically, we employ an iterative approach which combines “simulated annealing” (to search for a good virtual topology) and “flow deviation” (to optimally route the traffic-and possibly bifurcate its components-on the virtual topology). We do not consider the number of available wavelengths to be a constraint, i.e., we ignore the routing of lightpaths and wavelength assignment for these lightpaths. We illustrate our approaches by employing experimental traffic statistics collected from NSFNET