Title :
Reduction of the required number of electrical regenerators by physical layer impairment aware regenerator placement and routing
Author :
Pachnicke, Stephan ; Krummrich, Peter M.
Author_Institution :
High Freq. Inst., Dortmund Univ. of Technol., Dortmund
Abstract :
The number of OEO regenerators required for a fixed blocking probability in a translucent network can be reduced drastically, if physical layer impairments are considered during regenerator placement and routing.
Keywords :
optical communication equipment; optical fibre networks; telecommunication network routing; OEO regenerators; electrical regenerators; fixed blocking probability; optical networking; physical layer impairment aware regenerator placement; physical layer impairment aware regenerator routing; translucent network; Analytical models; Costs; Crosstalk; Degradation; Electronic mail; Frequency; Optical fiber polarization; Physical layer; Polarization mode dispersion; 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.2008.4729508
