• DocumentCode
    1689729
  • Title

    Impairment-aware Waveband Switching in Optical Networks

  • Author

    Yen, Hong-Hsu ; Lee, Steven S W ; Mukherjee, Biswanath

  • Author_Institution
    Shih-Hsin Univ., Taipei
  • fYear
    2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We consider optical impairment and investigate wavelength grooming strategies in multi-granular WDM networks. The strategy that allows lightpaths to share waveband paths holds better call blocking and port usage performance than that without sharing.
  • Keywords
    optical fibre networks; wavelength division multiplexing; call blocking; multigranular wavelength division multiplexing network; optical impairment-aware waveband switching network; port usage performance; Communication switching; Costs; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber networks; Performance loss; Routing; Satellite broadcasting; Switches; Switching loss; Telecommunication traffic;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2007. OFC/NFOEC 2007. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Anaheim, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-831-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2007.4348932
  • Filename
    4348932