Title :
Cost Optimal Strategies for Placement of Amplifiers in a Point to Point Optical Link
Author :
Dallaali, Mohammad Amin ; Premaratne, Malin ; Lowery, Arthur J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Syst. Eng., Monash Univ., Clayton, Vic.
Abstract :
In this paper, we consider the optical power level for developing a full constrained search algorithm to find the optimal cost allocation of a chain of amplifiers. We show how the algorithm is improved when different solutions provide the same power level at each span
Keywords :
costing; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre networks; optimisation; search problems; amplifiers placement; cost optimal strategies; fibre networks; optical power level; optimal cost allocation; point-to-point optical link; search algorithm; Cost function; High power amplifiers; Optical amplifiers; Optical attenuators; Optical computing; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber communication; Repeaters; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Numerical Simulation of Semiconductor Optoelectronic Devices, 2006. NUSOD '06. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Nanyang Technological University, Nanyang Executive Centre, Singapore, China
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9755-X
DOI :
10.1109/NUSOD.2006.306745
