Effective edge node configuration for video transport over Optical Burst Switched networks

This paper considers digital video transport over Optical Burst Switched networks where burst losses cause data loss from one or more adjacent video frames. Analytical approximations for the frame losses and video playback interruptions are derived and validated using simulations. Both parameters require a very limited and static amount of data about the video on the user side and some quality of service metrics about the network to quantify the quality of the received video. The results take into account the strong dependency in the video traffic structure due to the coding mechanisms. The critical effect of video coding parameters is also revealed. The paper also presents a Traffic Engineering procedure to select the best parameters for the edge node and the video codec to meet a given video quality level on the user side.