Title :
Physical Impairment Based Regenerator Placement and Routing in Translucent Optical Networks
Author :
Pachnicke, Stephan ; Paschenda, T. ; Krummrich, P.M.
Author_Institution :
Dortmund Univ., Dortmund, Germany
Abstract :
A novel constraint-based routing (CBR) algorithm taking into account the dominant linear and nonlinear fiber optical transmission impairments has been analyzed. It is shown that CBR and intelligent regenerator placement decrease the blocking probability significantly.
Keywords :
nonlinear optics; optical fibre networks; optical repeaters; telecommunication network routing; blocking probability; constraint-based routing algorithm; intelligent regenerator placement; nonlinear fiber optical transmission impairments; Algorithm design and analysis; Communication switching; Degradation; Fiber nonlinear optics; Intelligent networks; Network topology; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber networks; Repeaters; Routing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-856-8
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2008.4528659
