DocumentCode :
2651064
Title :
Multicasting in a class of multicast-capable WDM networks
Author :
Wang, Yang ; Yuanyuan Yang
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Vermont Univ., Burlington, VT, USA
fYear :
2000
fDate :
2000
Firstpage :
184
Lastpage :
191
Abstract :
Multicast is the ability to transmit information from a single source node to multiple destination nodes. Multicast can be supported more efficiently in an optical domain by utilizing the inherent light splitting capacity of optical switches than by copying data in an electronic domain. In this paper, we study multicast communication in a class of multicast-capable WDM networks (i.e., the networks that have light splitting switches) with regular topologies under some commonly used routing algorithms. Upper and lower bounds on the minimum number of wavelengths required are determined for a network to be rearrangeable for an arbitrary multicast assignment, and compared with those WDM networks without light splitting switches
Keywords :
multicast communication; optical fibre networks; optical switches; telecommunication network routing; wavelength division multiplexing; data copying; electronic domain; light splitting capacity; multicast communication; multicast-capable WDM networks; multiple destination nodes; optical domain; optical switches; regular network topologies; routing algorithms; single source node; Bandwidth; Computer science; Intelligent networks; Multicast communication; Optical fiber networks; Optical switches; Routing; Telecommunication traffic; WDM networks; Wavelength division multiplexing;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Computer Communications and Networks, 2000. Proceedings. Ninth International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Las Vegas, NV
ISSN :
1095-2055
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6494-5
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/ICCCN.2000.885489
Filename :
885489
Link To Document :
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