2019/06/23 by Harald Øverby, Øverby, Harald
Computer Science · Engineering · #Advanced Optical Network Technologies #Advanced Photonic Communication Systems #Burst switching #Computer network #Computer science #Engineering #FOS: Computer and information sciences #Network packet #Networking and Internet Architecture (cs.NI) #Node (physics) #Optical Network Technologies #Packet loss #Packet switching #Transmission delay #cs.NI
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1906.09655
published in arXiv (Cornell University) (Cornell University) · 3 pages, 6 figures
arxiv created 2019/06/23 · openalex publication_date 2019/06/23 · arxiv updated 2019/06/25 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
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.