Title :
Limits on the traffic carrying capacity of optical networks with an arbitrary topology
Author :
Qu, Yingzhen ; Verma, Pramode K.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Oklahoma, Tulsa, OK, USA
Abstract :
The letter examines the limits on the traffic carrying capacity of a dense wavelength-division multiplexing (DWDM)-based network of arbitrary topology. It also presents a technique to maximize the traffic carrying capacity of such networks.
Keywords :
optical fibre networks; optimisation; telecommunication network routing; telecommunication network topology; telecommunication traffic; wavelength division multiplexing; DWDM network; dense wavelength-division multiplexing network; network topology; optical networks; routing and wavelength assignment; traffic carrying capacity; Internet; Mathematical model; Merging; Network topology; Optical fiber networks; Telecommunication traffic; Traffic control; Wavelength assignment; Wavelength division multiplexing; Wavelength routing; Optical networking; routing and wavelength assignment; traffic carrying capacity;
Journal_Title :
Communications Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LCOMM.2004.836834
