Performance Analysis of Modified Optical Burst Switching (OBS) Ring Network using Dummy Node

Abstract

In the present paper an analytical model of an optical burst switching ring network which is capable to handle the variable incoming traffic intelligently is presented. An efficient node architecture and network operating protocol enhances the data throughput in a congested network. Here we propose a node architecture to ease the traffic congestion in a ring network involving a dummy server connected to backbone of the ring topology to ease the traffic flow into the ring by diverting the packets under the congestion situation. An appropriate mathematical model for the proposed node architecture has been developed employing packet queuing control to estimate the amount of carried traffic for different node parameters and the analysis has been further extended to investigate the network performance under different signaling techniques.