Title :
How many wavelengths does it take to build a wavelength routed optical network?
Author :
Hjelme, Dag R. ; Royset, Arne ; Slagsvold, Bjarn J.
Author_Institution :
Sintef Electron. & Cybern., Trondheim, Norway
Abstract :
We report analytical results on scaling properties and design trade-offs in wavelength routed optical networks. The results are applied to a topology for a European Optical Network, showing good agreement between analytical and numerical results.
Keywords :
network topology; optical design techniques; optical fibre networks; optical fibre theory; telecommunication network routing; wavelength division multiplexing; European Optical Network topology; WDM; analytical results; design trade-offs; numerical results; scaling properties; wavelength routed optical network;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 1996. ECOC '96. 22nd European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Oslo, Norway
Print_ISBN :
82-423-0418-1
