Multiresolution analysis of optical burst switching traffic

In this paper, a multiresolution analysis is conducted in order to study the self-similar features of optical burst switching (OBS) traffic. The scenario consists of an OBS backbone with input traffic from a large number of Internet users that generate Poisson-arriving heavy-tailed bursts. The results show that long-range dependence is preserved at timescales longer than the burst assembly timeout value while the traffic variability at short timescales is increased.