Packet Aggregation in All Optical Networks

This study focuses on the edge router of an optical network. This device works as an interface between the electronic and optical domains : it takes packets coming from client layers and converts them into optical packets to be sent into the optical network.

Arriving variable length client packets fill the optical packet until the latter is full or cannot accommodate the arriving block. The aim of this work is to measure the efficiency with which electronic packets can be carried into optical packets.

Performance measures such as the packetisation efficiency and the mean time of packetisation give good results.