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The OBS is a major candidate to be deployed as the switching paradigm for the Next-Generation
Optical Internet. OBS is flexible, manageable, and offers a good balance between
OPS and OCS. Furthermore, OBS is amenable for improvement and expansion whenever
the developments in optical technology permit.
In this chapter, a broad discussion on optical switching is presented. Many architectural
and design aspects of OBS were reviewed, including burst assembly, signaling and reservation
protocols, and QoS provisioning. At the end of the chapter, the recent work in OBS
schemes is covered; however, the OBS paradigm remains an open field for more research
and improvement.
References
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Baldine, I., Rouskas, G., Perros, H., & Stevenson, D. (2002). JumpStart: A just-in-time
signaling architecture for WDM burst switched networks. IEEE Communications
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