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
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