18.9 Summary
Optical Burst Switching (OBS) is becoming a promising candidate for next-generation optical switching with contributions from many researchers worldwide. Even if optical buffer and bit-level optical processing may not be realizable soon, OBS can still be a prevailing switching technology because of its potential flexibility and scalability.
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(2006). Optical Burst Switching (OBS). In: Optical WDM Networks. Optical Networks. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-29188-1_18
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