Title :
Limiting sharing on protection channels in mesh optical networks
Author :
Ramamurthy, R. ; Labourdette, J.-F. ; Akyamac, A. ; Chaudhuri, S.
Author_Institution :
Tellium Inc., Oceanport, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We examine two approaches in shared mesh restoration to limiting the number of lightpaths protected by a shared-channel. The goal is to prevent shared-channels from protecting a large number of lightpaths without significantly increasing protection capacity.
Keywords :
optical fibre networks; optical limiters; lightpaths; limiting sharing; mesh optical networks; protection capacity; protection channels; shared mesh restoration; shared-channels; Computer architecture; Intelligent networks; Network topology; Optical fiber networks; Protection; Robustness; Routing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-746-6
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2003.1247603
