• DocumentCode
    1419930
  • Title

    The impact of number of transceivers and their tunabilities on WDM network performance

  • Author

    Shen, Gangxiang ; Cheng, Tee Hiang ; Bose, Sanjay K. ; Lu, Chao ; Chai, Teck Yoong

  • Author_Institution
    NTRC, Nanyang Technol. Inst., Singapore
  • Volume
    4
  • Issue
    11
  • fYear
    2000
  • Firstpage
    366
  • Lastpage
    368
  • Abstract
    For all-optical WDM networks, we study the impact of the number of transceivers and their tunabilities on network performance. Results have been obtained through simulations for networks with different topologies. We find that a network with a limited number of transceivers in each node and limited transceiver tunability can still perform close to one equipped with a full number of fully tunable transceivers.
  • Keywords
    network topology; optical communication equipment; optical fibre networks; transceivers; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM network performance; all-optical WDM networks; topologies; transceiver numbers; tunabilities; Optical fiber networks; Optical network units; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Optical wavelength conversion; Telecommunication traffic; Transceivers; WDM networks; Wavelength division multiplexing; Wavelength routing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Communications Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1089-7798
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/4234.892204
  • Filename
    892204