Self-similar traffic analysis in optical burst assembly

This paper investigates the traffic properties before and after assembly at edge node of Ethernet over optical burst switching （OBS） network for the first time. Burst and inter-arrival time distributions are simulated under time-based and length-based assembly schemes. Self-similar traffic Hurst parameter is compared through R/S and V/T plot. Finally three self-similar traffic generating methods are given. Simulation resuhs demonstrate that, muhi-source traffic increases self-similar degree, however after assembly, time-based scheme can decrease self similar degree, and aggregated burst size is close to Gaussian distribution. Length-based method has no effects on the self-similarity of input traffic. RMD is fit for study of burst network with large self-similarity.