Title :
The effect of bridge-and-roll on minimizing wavelength conversion for dynamic traffic
Author :
Fortune, Steven ; Zhang, Lisa
Author_Institution :
Bell Labs., Alcatel-Lucent, Murray Hill, NJ
Abstract :
The number of wavelength conversions required to handle dynamic traffic in a WDM network is significantly more than for comparable static traffic. However, this excess can be substantially reduced with bridge-and-roll.
Keywords :
telecommunication traffic; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM network; bridge-and-roll; dynamic traffic; wavelength conversion; wavelength division multiplexing; Costs; Dynamic scheduling; Europe; Network topology; Optical wavelength conversion; Telecommunication traffic; WDM networks; Wavelength assignment; Wavelength converters; Wavelength routing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2008. ECOC 2008. 34th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Brussels
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2227-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2228-9
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2008.4729269
