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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2013
Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Marzio Puleri, Fiano Romano, IT;
Antonio D'Errico, Calci, IT;
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
Anode for burst switching of traffic flows in an optical network switches bursts of traffic flows in different time slots. Time slots are allocated () so that a time gap between successive allocated time slots is selected according to a jitter specification of the traffic flow. A map of the allocations controls a burst switch to pass the bursts in their allocated time slots (). By making the time gap between allocated time slots for successive bursts selectable, the jitter can be controlled more precisely, or the proportion of time slots filled can be increased resulting in better utilization of available bandwidth. The allocation can be made hop by hop. The map can be generated in a distributed and duplicated manner at each node. The allocation can be updated to adapt to changes bandwidth demands.