Title :
An analysis comparing light-tree and lightpath in wavelength routed optical networks
Author :
Zhang, Ying ; Sidhu, Deepinder
Author_Institution :
Maryland Centerfor Telecommun. Center, Maryland Univ., Baltimore, MD, USA
Abstract :
This paper demonstrates that an optimum light-tree-based virtual topology has improved performance over an optimum lightpath-based virtual topology with respect to minimizing network-wide average packet hop distance in the network
Keywords :
minimisation; network topology; optical fibre networks; telecommunication network routing; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM; light-tree based topology; lightpath-based topology; network-wide average; optical network; optimum topology; packet hop distance minimization; performance; virtual topology; wavelength routing; Intelligent networks; Network topology; Optical fiber networks; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Random number generation; Telecommunication network topology; Telecommunication traffic; Unicast; Wavelength routing;
Conference_Titel :
Local Computer Networks, 2001. Proceedings. LCN 2001. 26th Annual IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
Tampa, FL
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1321-2
DOI :
10.1109/LCN.2001.990826
