Quality of Service in metropolitan area networks

In this research, the Optical Burst Switching (OBS) is looked into to study the possibilities of implementing Quality of Service (QoS) on a Metropolitan network. In literature, equipment such as Fiber Delay Lines and Wavelength Converters are utilized to provide performance enhancement to the networ...

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Main Author: Kang, Jen Wee.
Other Authors: Miao, Yuan
Format: Theses and Dissertations
Published: 2008
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/4475
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
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Summary:In this research, the Optical Burst Switching (OBS) is looked into to study the possibilities of implementing Quality of Service (QoS) on a Metropolitan network. In literature, equipment such as Fiber Delay Lines and Wavelength Converters are utilized to provide performance enhancement to the network. However, such equipment is currently impractical and expensive.