The benefits of wavelength conversion in WDM networks with non-Poisson traffic

Author

Subramaniam, Suresh ; Somani, Arun K. ; Azizoglu, Murat ; Barry, Richard A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., George Washington Univ., Washington, DC, USA

Volume

3

Issue

3

fYear

1999

fDate

3/1/1999 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

81

Lastpage

83

Abstract

The effects of wavelength conversion on wavelength routing optical networks with dynamic non-Poisson traffic are investigated. A model that characterizes any non-Poisson traffic by its first two moments is utilized. The arrival occupancy distribution of busy wavelengths for this model process is derived and is used to analyze the effects of wavelength conversion. The model predicts that traffic peakedness plays an important role in determining the blocking performance.

Keywords

network topology; optical fibre networks; optical wavelength conversion; telecommunication network routing; telecommunication traffic; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM networks; arrival occupancy distribution; binary hypercube; blocking performance; busy wavelengths; dynamic nonPoisson traffic; mesh-torus; network topologies; traffic peakedness; wavelength conversion; wavelength routing optical networks; Circuits; Intelligent networks; Optical fiber networks; Optical wavelength conversion; Predictive models; Telecommunication traffic; Telephony; Traffic control; WDM networks; Wavelength routing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1089-7798

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/4234.752909

Filename

752909