Bungarzeanu, CristianLackovic, Marko2010-05-312010-05-312010-05-31200610.1007/0-387-34167-6_18https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/50541This paper addresses the basic concepts of the packet switching in the optical domain and describes an analytical approach to evaluate the end-to-end performance of networks employing slotted (fixed length) optical packets. Thus, for a given topology and traffic matrix, the end-to-end cell loss ratio is analytically computed assuming an uncorrelated traffic. A network dimensioning method relying on this approach is also presented.optical packet switchingnetwork dimensioningtext::book/monograph::book part or chapter