Buffer sizing in all-optical packet switches

N. Beheshti, Y. Ganjali, R. Rajaduray, D. Blumenthal, N. McKeown
2006 2006 Optical Fiber Communication Conference and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference  
Packet-switched routers need buffers during times of congestion. We show that a combined input-output queued router needs no more buffering than an output queued router. Using simulations, we show that 10-20 packet buffers are enough.
doi:10.1109/ofc.2006.215714 fatcat:ftbxi7hk6zempnvpopl3k776mm