Differentiated integrated QoS control in the optical Internet

In order to facilitate convergence of networks and services, this article investigates a new hybrid and integrated QoS control scheme that combines electrical IP layer features with reconfigurable optical layer, and addresses cross-layer design on QoS control in optical Internet (i.e., IP/WDM networks). The proposed integrated QoS control scheme can not only provide appropriate transport service for various types of traffic relating to different service categories in a cost-effective way, but also maintain high flexibility/scalability for integrated services provisioning, which seems to be preferred for QoS provisioning in the next-generation multiservice integrated optical Internet.