@article{Wong2006Analysis,
author = {E. W. M. Wong and M. Zukerman},
title = {Analysis of an optical hybrid switch},
journal = {IEEE Communications Letters},
volume = {10},
number = {2},
pages = {108-110},
month = {Feb.},
year = {2006},
abstract = {This paper provides new loss models for an
OCS/OBS optical hybrid switch. Exact results for the blocking probability based
on an analysis, of a 3-dimension state-space Markov chain is derived when
circuits are given preemptive priority over bursts and are allowed to wait a
certain amount of time if all wavelengths are busy in the desired output link.
Because it is difficult to-exactly compute the blocking probability in realistic
scenarios, we derive a. computationally scalable approximation for the blocking
probability reducing the 3-dimension state space into a single dimension.}
}