Quality of Service in Optical Packet Switched Networks

This book is a comprehensive study on OPS networks, its architectures, and developed techniques for improving its quality of switching and managing quality of service.  The book includes:

• Introduction to OPS networks, OOFDM networks, GMPLS-enabled optical networks, QoS in OPS networks
• Hybrid contention avoidance/resolution schemes in both long-haul and metro optical networks
• Hybrid optical switching schemes

Keywords: Optical Communications, Optical Packet Switching, Quality of Service, Contention Resolution, Contention Avoidance, Hybrid Contention Resolution/Avoidance, OPS in Ring Networks, OPS in Star Networks, Overlaid Star, Hybrid Optical Networks