Title :
Towards passive wavelength-routed optical networks
Author :
Banerjee, Dhritiman ; Mukherjee, Biswanath
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., California Univ., Davis, CA, USA
Abstract :
We explore an optical network architecture which employs dense WDM technology and passive Waveguide Grating Routers (WGRs) to establish a virtual topology based on lightpaths. We examine the motivation and the technical challenges involved in this approach, propose a network design algorithm, and provide some illustrative performance results
Keywords :
network topology; optical fibre networks; telecommunication network routing; wavelength division multiplexing; dense WDM technology; network design algorithm; optical network architecture; passive waveguide grating routers; passive wavelength-routed networks; virtual topology; Gratings; Network topology; Optical arrays; Optical fiber networks; Optical receivers; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; WDM networks; Wavelength division multiplexing; Wavelength routing;
Conference_Titel :
Circuits and Systems, 1996., IEEE 39th Midwest symposium on
Conference_Location :
Ames, IA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3636-4
DOI :
10.1109/MWSCAS.1996.593087
