Ensuring QOS Guarantees in a Hybrid OCS/OBS Network

TL;DR

This paper proposes a QoS-aware optical burst assembly and recovery techniques for hybrid OCS/OBS networks, addressing burst management and link failure issues to improve data throughput and reliability.

Contribution

It introduces an adaptive burst assembly method supporting QoS and a link failure recovery protocol combining OCS and OBS features.

Findings

Enhanced burst aggregation reduces packet loss.

Effective recovery from physical link failures.

Improved QoS guarantees in hybrid optical networks.

Abstract

The bursting aggregation assembly in edge nodes is one of the key technologies in OBS (Optical Burst Switching) network, which has a direct impact on flow characteristics and packet loss rate. An optical burst assembly technique supporting QoS is presented through this paper, which can automatically adjust the threshold along with the increasing and decreasing volume of business, reduce the operational burst, and generate corresponding BDP (Burst Data Packet) and BCP (Burst Control Packet). In addition to the burst aggregation technique a packet recovery technique by restoration method is also described. The data packet loss due to the physical optical link failure is not currently included in the QoS descriptions. This link failure is also a severe problem which reduces the data throughput of the transmitter node. A mechanism for data recovery from this link failure is vital for guaranteeing the QoS demanded by each user. So this paper will also discusses a specific protocol for reducing the packet loss by utilizing the features of both optical circuit switching (OCS) and Optical Burst switching (OBS) techniques.