01152nas a2200169   4500000000100000008004100001260003600042100001800078700001600096700001600112700001700128700001900145245015900164490000900323520062800332020002200960       2010                            d  c8bSpringer Berlin / Heidelberg1 aMateusz Nowak1 aPiotr Pecka1 aS. Balandin1 aR. Dunaytsev1 aY. Koucheryavy00aSmart Spaces and Next Generation Wired/Wireless Networking. Third Conference on Smart Spaces, ruSMART 2010, and 10th International Conference, NEW2AN 20100 v62943 aModelling with use of Markov chains is difficult from computational point of view, because of a rapid increase in the number of states occurring even when there is only a slight increase in the model’s scale. However, thanks to the appropriate description of the model the number of states can be significantly reduced. This paper discusses a synchronous slotted-ring network with optical packet switching modelled by means of markovian chains with continuous time. Simplifying the description has made it possible to significantly reduce the model’s dimension without significantly diminishing the results’ accuracy.  a978-3-642-14890-3