DocumentCode
2350990
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
fYear
2001
fDate
2001
Firstpage
486
Lastpage
487
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Local Computer Networks, 2001. Proceedings. LCN 2001. 26th Annual IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location
Tampa, FL
ISSN
0742-1303
Print_ISBN
0-7695-1321-2
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/LCN.2001.990826
Filename
990826
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