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. 2020 Apr 16;6(4):e03772. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e03772

Table 1.

A detailed comparison of switching technologies for WDM.

Properties Switching technology
OCS OPS OBS
Utilization Poor High Moderate
Bandwidth Low High High
Setup latency High Low Low
Granularity Coarse Fine Moderate
Switching speed Slow Fast Medium
Processing overhead Low High Low
Traffic adaptability moderate High High
Complexity Low High, not mature Moderate