Conference Proceedings
Burst switching for energy efficiency in optical networks
S Peng, K Hinton, J Baliga, RS Tucker, Z Li, A Xu
2010 Conference on Optical Fiber Communication Collocated National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference Ofc Nfoec 2010 | IEEE | Published : 2010
Abstract
Energy consumption of electronic burst switching is modeled and compared to electronic packet switching in the network core and edge. It is shown that burst switching can provide significant energy savings relative to packet switching. © 2010 Optical Society of America.
Grants
Awarded by National Basic Research Program of China (973)
Awarded by National High Technology Research & Development Program of China (863)
Awarded by NSF of China
Funding Acknowledgements
This work is supported by National Basic Research Program of China (973) No. 2010CB328201, 2010CB328202 and 2010CB328203; National High Technology Research & Development Program of China (863) No. 2008AA01A329; NSF of China No. 60372025; International Academic Exchange Fund of Graduate School of Peking University