@article{Cameron2005TCP,
author = {C. Cameron and H. L. Vu and J. Choi and S. Bilgrami
and M. Zukerman and M. Kang},
title = {{TCP} over {OBS} - fixed-point load and loss},
journal = {Optical Express},
volume = {13},
number = {23},
pages = {9167-9174},
month = {Nov.},
year = {2005},
abstract = {The sending rate of commonly used TCP protocols
is tightly coupled to packet loss within the network: a high rate of packet loss
will cause a sender to slow down, thereby reducing the network load and
decreasing subsequent packet loss rates. In this paper, we combine a widely
verified source rate TCP model with an Optical Burst Switching (OBS) loss model,
to find fixed-point input loads and loss rates for an OBS link carrying TCP
traffic. In doing so, we show that if OBS networks are to be efficiently used to
carry TCP traffic, many wavelengths with full wavelength conversion are
required.}
}