A method for reduction of wavelength conversions on egress node in OPS networks

Author

Ichimura, Kohei ; Tode, Hideki ; Nishimura, Kohsuke ; Otani, Tomohiro ; Murakami, Koso

Author_Institution

Dept. of Inf. Networking, Osaka Univ., Suita

fYear

2008

fDate

4-7 Aug. 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

In optical packet switching networks, there are some limitations on the number of wavelength converters and the number of wavelengths which can be handled at edge nodes. Therefore, the packet loss tends to occur frequently at a certain hot-spot egress node. In this paper, we propose a novel method that reduces frequency of wavelength conversions on egress node by intentionally and adaptively converting wavelength on next-to-last nodes in order to improve loss probability. Its performance is evaluated by simulations.

Keywords

optical fibre networks; optical wavelength conversion; packet switching; probability; egress node; loss probability; next-to-last nodes; optical packet switching network; packet loss; wavelength conversion reduction; Frequency conversion; Laboratories; Optical devices; Optical frequency conversion; Optical losses; Optical packet switching; Optical wavelength conversion; Relays; Research and development; Wavelength conversion; Contention Resolution; Egress Node; Optical Packet Switching; Wavelength Conversion;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Photonics in Switching, 2008. PS 2008. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Sapporo

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4326-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-4-8855-2228-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PS.2008.4804205

Filename

4804205