Optical Burst Switching (OBS) Publications Collection

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Conference Title Abbreviations:

OFC:Optical Fiber Communication Conference
Opticomm: Optical Networking and Communications Conference
ICC: International Conference on Communications
Globecom: Global Telecommunications Conference



General
B. Kim and Y. Cho and J. Lee and Y. Choi and D. Montgomery. Performance of Optical Burst Switching Techniques in Multi-Hop Networks. In proceeding of GLOBECOM, 2002.

M. Izal and J. Aracil. On the Influence of Self-similarity on Optical Burst Switching Traffic. In proceeding of GLOBECOM, 2002.

J. White, M. Zukerman, and H. Vu. A framework for optical burst switching network design. IEEE Communications Letters, 6:268-270, June 2002.

A. Tam and P.J. Lin. Design and performance of a variable length optical packet switch. In Proceeding of OFC, pages 219-221, 2002.

O. Gerstel, R. Ramaswami, and S. Foster. Merits of hybrid optical networking. In Proceeding of OFC, pages 33-34, 2002.

L. Xu, H.G. Perros, and G. Rouskas. Techniques for optical packet switching and optical burst switching. IEEE Communications Magazine, 39(1):136-142, January 2001.

C. Xin and C. Qiao. A comparative study of OBS and OFS. In Proceeding of Optical Fiber Communication Conference, volume 4, pages ThG71-ThG73, 2001.

C. Qiao and M. Yoo. Choices, features and issues in optical burst switching. Optical Network Magazine, 1(2):36-44, 2000.

S. Verma, H. Chaskar, and R. Ravikanth. Optical burst switching: A viable solution for Terabit IP backbone. IEEE Network, pages 48-53, Nov/Dec 2000.

H. Chaskar, S. Verma, and R. Ravikanth. A framework to support IP over WDM using optical burst switching. In Proceedings of Optical Networks Workshop, 2000.

J. Turner. WDM burst switching for Petabit data networks. In Proceeding of OFC, volume 2, pages 47-49, 2000.

C. Qiao and M. Yoo. Optical burst switching (OBS) - a new paradigm for an optical Internet. Journal of High Speed Networks, 8(1):69-84, 1999.

J. Turner. Terabit burst switching. Journal of High Speed Networks, 8(1):3-16, 1999.

M. Yoo and C. Qiao A novel switching paradigm for bufferless wdm networks. In Proceeding of OFC, pages 177-179, 1999.



Reservation schemes and protocols
M. Dueser and P. Bayvel. Analysis of a dynamically wavelength-routed optical burst switched network architecture. Journal of Lightwave Technology, 20:574-585, April 2002.

M. Dueser and P. Bayvel. Performance of a dynamically wavelength-routed optical burst switched network. IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 14(2):239-241, Feb 2002.

I. Ogushi, S. Arakawa, M. Murata, and K. Kitayama. Parallel reservation protocols for achieving fairness in optical burst switching. In High Performance Switching and Routing, 2001 IEEE Workshop on, pages 213-217, 2001.

A. Detti and M. Listanti. Application of Tell & Go and Tell & Wait Reservation Strategies in a Optical Burst Switching Network: a Performance Comparison. In Proceeding of IEEE International Conference on Telecommunication (ICT), volume 2, pages 540-548, 2001.

J.Y. Wei and R.I. McFarland. Just-In-Time signaling for WDM optical burst switching networks. Journal of Lightwave Technology, 18(12):2019-2037, December 2000.

M. Yoo and C. Qiao. Just-Enough-Time (JET): A High Speed Protocol for Bursty Traffic in Optical Networks. In proceeding of IEEE/LEOS Conf. on Technologies For a Global Information Infrastructure, pp. 26-27, Aug. 1997.

I. Widjaja. Performance analysis of burst admission-control protocols. IEE Proceeding of Communications, 142:7-14, Feburary 1995.

G.C. Hudek and D.J. Muder Signaling analysis for a multi-switch all-optical network. In Proceeding of IEEE ICC, volume 2, pages 1206-1210, 1995.

C.G. Boncelet and D.L. Mills. A labeling algorithm for Just-In-Time scheduling in TDMA networks. In proceeding of ACM SIGCOMM, pages 170¨C175, 1992.

P. Schragger. Scheduling algorithms for burst reservations on wide area high speed networks. In proceedings of INFOCOMM, volume 2, pages 589¨C596, 1991.



Burst assembly
X. Cao, J. Li, Y. Chen, and C. Qiao. TCP/IP packets assembly over optical burst switching network. In proceeding of GLOBECOM, 2002. to appear.

K. Chao, H. Balt, S. Michel, and D. Verchere. Information model of an optical burst edge switch. In Proceeding of IEEE ICC, volume 5, pages 2717-2721, 2002.

K. Laevens. Traffic characteristics inside optical burst switched networks. In Proceeding of Opticomm, pages 137-148, 2002.

V. Vokkarane, K. Haridoss, and J.P. Jue. Threshold-based burst assembly policies for QoS support in optical burst-switched networks. In Proceeding of Opticomm, pages 125-136, 2002.

V. Vokkarane, Q. Zhang, J.P. Jue, and B. Chen. Generalized burst assembly and scheduling techniques for QoS support to optical burst-switched networks. In proceeding of GLOBECOM, 2002. to appear.

F. Xue, S. Yao, B. Mukherjee, and S.J.B. Yoo. The performance improvement in optical packet-switched networks by traffic shaping of self-similar traffic. In Proceeding of OFC, pages 218-219, 2002.

X. Yu, Y. Chen, and C. Qiao. Study of traffic statistics of assembled burst traffic in optical burst switched networks. In Proceeding of Opticomm, pages 149-159, 2002.

K. Dolzer and C. Gauger. On burst assembly in optical burst switching networks - a performance evaluation of Just-Enough-Time. In Proceedings of the 17th International Teletraffic Congress (ITC 17), pages 149-160, 2001.

D. Morato, J. Aracil, L.A. Diez, M. Izal, and E. Magana. On linear prediction of internet traffic for packet and burst switching networks. In proceedings of Tenth International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks, pages 138-143, 2001.

A. Ge, F. Callegati, and L. Tamil. On optical burst switching and Self-similar traffic. IEEE Communications Letters, 4:98-100, March 2000.



Node Architecture
M. Dueser, I. de Miguel, P. Bayvel, and D. Wischik. Timescale analysis for wavelength-routed optical burst-switched (WR-OBS) networks. In Proceeding of Optical Fiber Communication Conference, pages 222-224, 2002.

M. Dueser and P. Bayvel. Analysis of a dynamically wavelength-routed optical burst switched network architecture. Journal of Lightwave Technology, 20:574-585, April 2002.

M. Dueser and P. Bayvel. Performance of a dynamically wavelength-routed optical burst switched network. IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 14(2):239-241, Feb 2002.

C. Gauger. Performance of converter pools for contention resolution in optical burst switching. In Proceeding of Opticomm, pages 109-117, 2002.

J. Ramamirtham and J. Turner. Design of wavelength converting switches for optical burst switching. In proceedings of INFOCOMM, volume 1, pages 362-370, 2002.

P. Mehrotra, I. Baldine, D. Stevenson, and P. Franzon. Network processor design for optical burst switched networks. In proccedings of IEEE International ASIC/SOC Conference, pages 296-300, 2001.

Y. Xiong, M. Vandenhoute, and H. Cankaya. Control architecture in optical burst-switched WDM networks. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, 18:1838-1851, October 2000.

C. Qiao and M. Yoo. Optical burst switching (OBS) - a new paradigm for an optical Internet. Journal of High Speed Networks, 8(1):69-84, 1999.

J. Turner. Terabit burst switching. Journal of High Speed Networks, 8(1):3-16, 1999.



Scheduling Algorithms
M. Iizuka and M. Sakuta and Y. Nishino and I. Sasase. A Scheduling Algorithm Minimizing Voids Generated by Arriving Bursts in Optical Burst Switched WDM Network. In proceeding of GLOBECOM, 2002.

E. Kozlovski, M. Duser, I. de Miguel, and P. Bayvel. Analysis of burst scheduling for dynamic wavelength assignment in optical burst-switched networks. In Proccedings of IEEE LEOS 2001, volume 1, pages 161-162, 2001.

Y. Xiong, M. Vandenhoute, and H. Cankaya. Control architecture in optical burst-switched WDM networks. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, 18:1838-1851, October 2000.

J. Turner. Terabit burst switching. Journal of High Speed Networks, 8(1):3-16, 1999.



QoS and Contention Resolution
C. Loi and W. Liao and D. Yang. Service Differentiation in Optical Burst Switched Networks. In proceeding of GLOBECOM, 2002.

J. Liu and N. Ansari. Forward Resource Reservation for QoS Provisioning in OBS Systems. In proceeding of GLOBECOM, 2002.

C. Gauger. Contention resolution in optical burst switching networks. In Advanced Infrastructures for Photonic Networks: WG 2 Intermediate Report, pages 62-82, 2002.

A. Detti, V. Eramo, and M. Listanti. Optical burst switching with burst drop(obs/bd): an easy obs improvement. In Proceeding of IEEE ICC, volume 5, pages 2687-2691, 2002.

A. Detti, V. Eramo, and M. Listanti. Performance evaluation of a new technique for IP support in a WDM optical network: optical composite burst switching (OCBS). Journal of Lightwave Technology, 20(2):154-165, 2002.

P. Fan, C. Feng, Y. Wang, and N. Ge. Investigation of the time-offset-based QoS support with optical burst switching in wdm networks. In Proceeding of IEEE ICC, volume 5, pages 2682-2686, 2002.

C. Gauger. Performance of converter pools for contention resolution in optical burst switching. In Proceeding of Opticomm, pages 109-117, 2002.

C. Hsu, T. Liu, and N. Huang. Performance analysis of deflection routing in optical burst-switched networks. In proceedings of INFOCOMM, volume 1, pages 66-73, 2002.

F. Poppe, K. Laevens, H. Michiel, and S. Molenaar. Quality-of-service differentiation and fairness in optical burst-switched networks. In Proceeding of Opticomm, pages 118-124, 2002.

L.B. Sofman, K. Laevens, and T.S. El-Bawab. Segmentation overhead in optical burst switching. In Proceeding of Opticomm, pages 101-108, 2002.

V. Vokkarane and J.P. Jue. Prioritized Routing and Burst Segmentation for QoS in Optical Burst- Switched Networks. In Proceeding of OFC, pages 221-222, 2002.

V. Vokkarane, J.P. Jue, and S. Sitaraman. Burst segmentation: An approach for reducing packet loss in optical burst switched networks. In Proceeding of IEEE ICC, volume 5, pages 2673-2677, 2002.

V. Vokkarane, Q. Zhang, J.P. Jue, and B. Chen. Generalized burst assembly and scheduling techniques for QoS support to optical burst-switched networks. In proceeding of GLOBECOM, 2002. to appear.

H. Vu and M. Zukerman. Blocking probability for priority classes in optical burst switching networks. IEEE Communications Letters, 6:214-216, May 2002.

M. Yoo, C. Qiao, and S. Dixit. Optical burst switching for service differentiation in the next-generation optical Internet. IEEE Communications Magazine, 39:98-104, Feburary 2001.

Y. Chen, M. Hamdi, and D.H.K. Tsang, Proportional QoS over OBS networks. In Proceedings of IEEE Globecom, 2001, vol. 3, pp. 1510-1514.

Won-Ho So, Yun-Ho Cha, Sun-Sik Roh, and Young-Chon Kim. Offset time decision (OTD) algorithm for guaranteeing the requested QoS of high priority traffic in OBS networks. In Proceeding of APOC, pages 286-296, 2001.

C. Gauger, K. Dolzer, J. Spath, and S. Bodamer. Service differentiation in optical burst switching networks. In Beitrage zur 2.ITG Fachtagung Photonische Netze, pages 124-?32, March 2001.

M. Yoo, C. Qiao, and S. Dixit. QoS performance of Optical Burst Switching in IP-Over-WDM networks. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, 18:2062-2071, October 2000.

K. Dolzer, W. Payer, and M. Eberspacher. A simulation study on traffic aggregation in multi-service networks. In ATM 2000. Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on, pages 157-165, 2000.

M. Yoo, C. Qiao, and S. Dixit. Effect of limited fiber delay lines on QoS performance of optical burst switched (OBS) WDM networks. In Proceeding of IEEE ICC, pages 974-979, 2000.

X. Wang, H. Morikawa, and T. Aoyama. Burst optical deflection routing protocol for wavelength routing wdm networks. In Proceeding of Opticomm, pages 257-?66, 2000.

M. Yoo, C. Qiao, and S. Dixit. A comparative study of contention resolution policies in optical burst switched wdm networks. In Conf. on Terabit Optical Networking: Architecture, Control and Management Issues, volume 4213, pages 124-135, 2000.

M. Yoo and C. Qiao. Supporting multiple classes of services in IP over WDM networks. In proceeding of GLOBECOM, volume 1b, pages 1023-1027, 1999.

M. Yoo and C. Qiao. A New Optical Burst Switching Protocol for Supporting Quality of Service In SPIE Proc. of Conf. All-optical Networking, volume 3531, pages 396-405, 1998.



TCP over OBS
X. Cao, J. Li, Y. Chen, and C. Qiao. TCP/IP packets assembly over optical burst switching network. In proceeding of GLOBECOM, 2002. to appear.

A. Detti and M. Listanti. Impact of Segments Aggregation on TCP Reno Flows in Optical Burst Switching Networks. In proceedings of INFOCOMM, volume 3, pages 1803-1812, 2002.



Multicasting in OBS
M. Jeong, C. Qiao, Y. Xiong, and M. Vandenhoute. Bandwidth-efficient dynamic tree-shared multicast in optical burst-switched networks. In Proceeding of IEEE ICC, volume 2, pages 630-636, 2001.

M. Jeong, Y. Xiong, H.C. Cankaya, M. Vandenhoute, and C. Qiao. Efficient multicast schemes for optical burst-switched WDM networks. In Proceeding of IEEE ICC, pages 1289-1294, 2000.

M. Jeong, C. Qiao, and Y. Xiong. A Reliable WDM Multicast Protocol for Optical Burst-Switched Networks. Optical Network Magazine, pages 29-40, Mar/Apr 2000.

M. Jeong, C. Qiao, and Y. Xiong. Reliable WDM Multicast in Optical Burst-Switched Networks. In Proceeding of Opticomm, pages 153-166, 2000.

C. Qiao, M. Jeong, A. Guha, X. Zhang, and J. Wei. WDM multicasting in IP over WDM networks. In proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Network Protocols, pages 89-76, 1999.



Label Switching
A. Okada. All-optical packet routing in awg-based wavelength routing networks using an out-of-band optical label. In Proceeding of OFC, pages 213-215, 2002.

C. Qiao. Labeled optical burst switching for IP-over-WDM integration. IEEE Communications Magazine, 38(9):104-114, September 2000.

B. Meagher et.al. Design and implementation of ultra-low latency optical label switching for packetswitched wdm networks. Journal of Lightwave Technology, 18(12):1978-1987, December 2000.



RWA in OBS
J. Ramamirtham and J. Turner. Design of wavelength converting switches for optical burst switching. In proceedings of INFOCOMM, volume 1, pages 362-370, 2002.

X. Wang, H. Morikawa, and T. Aoyama. Priority-based wavelength assignment algorithm for burst switched photonic networks. In Proceeding of OFC, pages 765-767, 2002.

I. de Miguel, M. Dueser, and P. Bayvel. Traffic Load Bounds for Optical Burst-Switched Networks with Dynamic Wavelength Allocation. In Proc. IFIP/TC6 5th Working-Conference on Optical Network Design and Modelling (ONDM 2001), Febuary 2001.

M. Dueser and P. Bayvel. Bandwidth Utilisation andWavelength Re-Use in WDM Optical Burst-Switched Packet Networks. In Proc. IFIP/TC6 5th Working-Conference on Optical Network Design and Modelling (ONDM 2001), Febuary 2001.

T. Hashiguchi, X.Wang, H.Morikawa, and T. Aoyama. Cos-oriented wavelength assignment algorithm in burst switching optical networks. In Proccedings of Sixth Optoelectronics and Communications Conference, pages 370-371, 2001.



OBS model
X. Yu, Y. Chen, and C. Qiao. Performance evaluation of optical burst switching with assembled burst traffic input. In proceeding of GLOBECOM, 2002. to appear.

M. Neuts, H. Vu, and M. Zukerman. Performance Analysis of Optical Composite Burst Switching. IEEE Communications Letters, 6:346-348, August 2002.

M. Dueser, I. de Miguel, P. Bayvel, and D. Wischik. Timescale analysis for wavelength-routed optical burst-switched (WR-OBS) networks. In Proceeding of Optical Fiber Communication Conference, pages 222-224, 2002.

K. Chao, H. Balt, S. Michel, and D. Verchere. Information model of an optical burst edge switch. In Proceeding of IEEE ICC, volume 5, pages 2717-2721, 2002.

Chao Kan, Halt Balt, Stephane Michel, and Dominique Verchere. Network-element view information model for an optical burst core switch. In Proceeding of APOC, pages 115-125, 2001.

K. Dolzer, W. Payer, and M. Eberspacher. A simulation study on traffic aggregation in multi-service networks. In ATM 2000. Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on, pages 157-165, 2000.



Local Area OBS Network
S. Sheeshia, C. Qiao, and Jeffrey U.J. Liu. Supporting ethernet in optical-burst-switched networks. SPIE The Journal of Optical Networking, 1(8/9):299-312, 2002.

L. Xu, H. G. Perros, and G.N. Rouskas. A simulation study of access protocols for optical burst-switched ring networks. In Proccedings of Networking 2002, 2002.



OBS testbed
I. Baldine, G. N. Rouskas, H. G. Perros, and D. Stevenson. Jumpstart: A Just-In-Time signaling architecture for WDM burst-switched networks. IEEE Communications Magazine, 40(2):82-89, February 2002.

A. H. Zaim, I. Baldine, M. Cassada, G. N. Rouskas, H. G. Perros, and D. Stevenson. Formal descrIPtion of jumpstart (Just-In-Time) signaling protocol using EFSM. In Proceeding of Opticomm, pages 160-173, 2002.

D. Schupke et. al. TransiNet - Innovative transport networks for the broadband Internet. In Beitrage zur 2.ITG Fachtagung Photonische Netze, March 2001.

G.C. Hudek and I. Richer. Signaling protocol implementations on a burst-switched all-optical networking testbed. In Proceeding of OFC, pages 315¨C317, 1996.

L. McAdams, I. Richer, and S. Zabele. TBONE: TestBed for all-Optical NEtworking. In Proceedings of IEE/LEOS Summer Topical Meetings, pages 3_13¨C3_14, 1994.

D.L. Mills, C.G. Boncelet, J.G. Elias, P.A. Schragger, and A.W. Jackson. Highball: a high speed, reserved access, wide-area network. Technical Report 90-9-3, Electrical Engineering Department,University of Delaware, 1990.
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