Title :
Performance engineering of metropolitan area optical networks through impairment constraint routing
Author :
Tomkos, Ioannis ; Vogiatzis, Dimitrios ; Mas, Carmen ; Zacharopoulos, Loannis ; Tzanakaki, Anna ; Varvarigos, Emmanovel
Author_Institution :
Athens Information Tech. Center, Greece
Abstract :
We demonstrate the use of impairment constraint routing for performance engineering of transparent metropolitan area optical networks. Our results show the relationship between blocking probability and different network characteristics such as span length, amplifier noise figure, and bit rate, and provide information on the system specifications required to achieve acceptable network performance.
Keywords :
metropolitan area networks; optical fibre networks; telecommunication network routing; amplifier noise figure; bit rate; blocking probability; impairment constraint routing; performance engineering; span length; transparent metropolitan area optical network; Costs; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber networks; Optical mixing; Optical modulation; Optical wavelength conversion; Repeaters; Urban areas; Wavelength routing;
Journal_Title :
Communications Magazine, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MCOM.2004.1321386
