Connection management for wavelength-routed WDM networks

Author

Hui Zang ; Sahasrabuddhe, Laxman ; Jue, Jason P. ; Ramamurthy, S. ; Mukherjee, Biswanath

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Eng., California Univ., Davis, CA, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1999

fDate

6/21/1905 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1428

Abstract

In wavelength-routed WDM networks, a control mechanism is required to set up and take down all-optical connections. Upon the arrival of a connection request, this mechanism must be able to select a route, assign a wavelength to the connection, and configure the appropriate optical switches in the network. The mechanism must also be able to provide updates to reflect which wavelengths are currently being used on each link so that the nodes may make informed routing decisions. We investigate and compare different distributed control mechanisms for establishing all-optical connections in a wavelength-routed WDM network

Keywords

distributed control; network topology; optical fibre networks; optical switches; telecommunication network management; telecommunication network routing; transport protocols; wavelength division multiplexing; all-optical connections; blocking probability; connection management; connection request; control mechanism; distributed control mechanisms; network nodes; optical switches; route selection; routing protocol; topology updates; wavelength assignment; wavelength-routed WDM networks; Bandwidth; Computer network management; Computer science; Distributed control; Optical wavelength conversion; Routing protocols; Switches; WDM networks; Wavelength division multiplexing; Wavelength routing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Global Telecommunications Conference, 1999. GLOBECOM '99

Conference_Location

Rio de Janeireo

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5796-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GLOCOM.1999.830012

Filename

830012