(FEC) will be assembled and processed in one burst assembly unit [18]. The burst
scheduler handles creating bursts and their corresponding BHCs, adjusting the
offset time for each burst, scheduling bursts on each output link, and forwarding
the bursts and their BHCs to the OBS control network [20]. The burst assembly
algorithms can be classified as timer-based, burst-length-based, and combined
timer and burst-length-based [13, 14]. The assembled traffic characteristics differ
from the original traffic statistics [21], and the OBS network performance also
varies in its throughput, latency, burst loss probability, etc., due to this burst
assembly process.
In the Internet based on electronic packet-switching, it is commonly believed
that the long-range ...