Title :
Optical network optimization considering maintenance-related operational expenditure
Author :
Oda, Tetsuya ; Kadohata, Akihiro ; Watanabe, Atsuyori ; Hirano, Akira
Author_Institution :
NTT Network Innovation Labs., NTT Corp., Yokosuka, Japan
Abstract :
We propose a highly reliable optical network architecture which optimizes total cost considering maintenance-related Operational Expenditure (OPEX). Numerical evaluations show that the proposed architecture achieves lower total cost compared to conventional one with 1+1 protection.
Keywords :
optical fibre networks; optimisation; OPEX; highly reliable optical network architecture; maintenance-related operational expenditure; numerical evaluations; optical network optimization; Availability; Maintenance engineering; Optical fiber networks; Optical switches; Telecommunication network reliability; Transponders;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2014 European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cannes
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2014.6963986
