A Performance Comparison of Centralized and Distributed Spectrum Management Techniques in Elastic Optical Networks

Table 1

Simulation events, control packets, delays, and delay values.

Events	FRP; Messages	BRP; Messages	Delays	Delay; Values
Process	RESV	PROB	Tp = Packet processing delay at OXC	2 µsec
Send	CONF	RESV	Tc = Configuration delay at OXC	10 µsec
Config			Tl = Propagation Delay between each link	25 µsec
Drop	FAIL	NACK	Tb = Data transmission duration	5 µsec