Efficient distributed control protocols for WDM all-optical networks

Author

Mei, Yousong ; Qiao, Chunming

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., State Univ. of New York, Buffalo, NY, USA

fYear

1997

fDate

22-25 Sep 1997

Firstpage

150

Lastpage

153

Abstract

Path multiplexing (PM) and link multiplexing (LM) are two approaches for establishing connections (or lightpaths) in optical networks. This paper describes distributed control protocols for establishing lightpaths in WDM networks using LM and PM. We propose and evaluate the performance of two classes of protocols, namely source initiated reservation (SIR) and destination initiated reservation (DIR). It is found that DIR protocols generally perform better than SIR protocols. However, the impacts of DIR protocols on the performance of a network using LM and PM are different

Keywords

distributed control; optical fibre networks; protocols; telecommunication control; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM all-optical networks; destination initiated reservation protocols; distributed control protocols; lightpaths; link multiplexing; mesh network; optical connections; path multiplexing; performance evaluation; source initiated reservation protocols; All-optical networks; Centralized control; Distributed control; Lighting control; Optical control; Optical fiber networks; Protocols; Switches; WDM networks; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Communications and Networks, 1997. Proceedings., Sixth International Conference on

Conference_Location

Las Vegas, NV

ISSN

1095-2055

Print_ISBN

0-8186-8186-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCCN.1997.623305

Filename

623305