Title :
Traffic Grooming: A Changing Role in Green Optical Networks
Author :
Huang, Shu ; Seshadri, Deepa ; Dutta, Rudra
Author_Institution :
Renaissance Comput. Inst., Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Abstract :
The traffic grooming problem in optical networks has been extensively studied. It tackles the problem of aggregating sub-wavelength traffic onto optical lightpaths so that the network cost can be reduced. As of yet, the network cost considered is in terms of the number of wavelengths, SONET ADMs, and the amount of OEO processing. However, in recent years, the steadily rising cost of energy consumption of the network has raised a lot concerns. In this paper, we revisit the traffic grooming problem and provide formulations for green optical network design, and show a simple algorithm working at one of the layers identified by the model.
Keywords :
optical fibre networks; telecommunication traffic; OEO processing; SONET ADMs; energy consumption; green optical network design; network cost; optical lightpaths; subwavelength traffic aggregation; traffic grooming problem; Costs; Energy consumption; Energy efficiency; Internet; Optical buffering; Optical fiber networks; Optical packet switching; Optical sensors; Telecommunication traffic; Traffic control;
Conference_Titel :
Global Telecommunications Conference, 2009. GLOBECOM 2009. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Honolulu, HI
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4148-8
DOI :
10.1109/GLOCOM.2009.5425630
