Title :
Wavelength path reconfiguration to reduce fragmentation and number of operations in WDM mesh networks
Author :
Kadohata, Akihiro ; Hirano, Akira ; Sone, Yoshiaki ; Ishida, Osamu
Author_Institution :
Network Innovation Labs., NTT Co., Yokosuka, Japan
Abstract :
This paper proposes a novel wavelength path reconfiguration scheme that reduces the number of operations while retaining the effectiveness of defragmentation. Numerical evaluation shows that the number of operations is reduced by approximately 50%.
Keywords :
numerical analysis; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM mesh network; fragmentation reduction; numerical evaluation; wavelength path reconfiguration scheme; Cost function; Lattices; Mesh networks; Topology; WDM networks; Wavelength assignment;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2011 37th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Geneva
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1918-9
