This paper proposes an architecture for the automatic establishment of connections that match the performance constraints for grid applications. This architecture is based on optical burst switching and on the utilization of protocols with traffic engineering functionalities. It propose an element called GOBS (Grid Optical Burst Switching) Server that stores and collects information about grid metrics and network resources and helps in the calculation of deterministic routes. Simulations show that the proposal is able to minimize the burst blocking, thus guaranteeing the established service levels, and it allowing better utilization of the grid and network resources.

This paper presents a proposal for dynamic control of Quality of Service (QoS) in optical networks based on optical burst switching (OBS) using a GMPLS control plane. In this proposal, monitoring agents are used to verify the QoS experienced by the burst classes and to deploy reactive mechanisms in order to guarantee absolute performance levels. Using GMPLS traffic engineering, these agents also offer idle resources to traffic flows whose service level is not being achieved. Simulation results show that the proposal can minimize the blocking probability when there are violations of burst flow parameters.