PLATO: A Generic Modeling Technique for Optical Packet-Switched Networks

This paper presents PLATO, an analytical technique to model the performance in all-optical packet-switched networks with various topologies and node architectures. Using this technique, we propose a two-part algorithm, incorporating mathematical analysis and a numeric method, to model the network's traffic flow and the local packet-loss probability inside each node. The PLATO technique has demonstrated excellent accuracy with two different representative network topologies and node architectures. It has considerably reduced the time required to evaluate the performance of all-optical packet-switched networks.

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