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This book presents the latest results on modeling and analysis of OBS networks. It classifies all the literature on the topic, and its scope extends to include discussion of high-speed communication networks with limited or no buffers.

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This book presents the state of the art results on modeling and analysis of OBS networks. It provides researchers with new directions for future research and helps them gain a better understanding of modeling OBS networks. This book classifies all the literature on modeling and analysis of OBS networks and serves as a thought provoking material for the researchers working on the analysis of high-speed networks. The scope of this book however is not limited to OBS networks alone but extends to high-speed communication networks with limited or no buffers.

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to Optical Burst Switching.- Traffic Characteristics in OBS Networks.- Blocking Probability in OBS Networks.- Contention Resolution in OBS Networks.- TCP over OBS Networks.

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