Review Article
Burst-Switched Optical Networks Supporting Legacy and Future Service Types
Table 1
Burst generation characteristics.
| Capacity demand | Jitter/latency sensitivity | Burst-length distribution |
Inter-burst-time |
| Bursty | No |
One can be selected the other follows capacity demand | Bursty | Latency bound |
Similar capacity demand |
Upper bound | Variable (constant mean) | No |
One can be selected the other follows capacity demand | Variable (constant mean) | Jitter sensitive |
Equal capacity demand |
Upper bound | Constant | No |
One can be selected the other is thereby determined | Constant | Both |
Inter-burst-time determined |
Upper bound |
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