Translucent OPS for Avoiding Internet Capacity Crunch

In this work, a hybrid optical network, using OPS and OCS switching, was analyzed and compared with a conventional optical network, only using OCS. A realistic proportion was used relative to world Internet data traffic, switching with OPS 80% of generating traffic, and OCS for the remaining 20% of traffic. The results allow us to state that the network blocking probability drops dramatically by means of using hybrid switching, and can be a strategy for avoiding the Capacity Crunch