“…V. Manolova, S. Ruepp, A. Rytlig, M. Berger, H. Wessing and L. Dittmann are with DTU-Fotonik, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark; e-mail: {anva,srru,s052800,msbe,hewe,ladit}@fotonik.dtu.dk the upstream queue stops sending traffic to the particular downstream queue [3]- [5]. Credit based flow control schemes are another alternative, where downstream queues signal back to upstream queues special "credits" which are used by the upstream queues in order to decide if and how much traffic can be forwarded downstream [6], [7].…”