Title : 
Avoiding path-vectors in multi-domain optical networks
         
        
            Author : 
Yannuzzi, Marcelo ; Masip, Xavi
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Tech. Univ. of Catalonia, Balaguer
         
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
We show that a modified version of a path-vector protocol can drastically reduce the blocking and converge significantly faster, while exchanging less number of routing messages both during failure-free conditions and during a convergence.
         
        
            Keywords : 
optical fibre networks; protocols; convergence; failure-free conditions; multidomain optical networks; path vector protocol; Convergence; High performance computing; Internetworking; Optical fiber networks; Optical sensors; Proposals; Routing protocols; Scalability; Wavelength assignment; Wavelength routing; (060.4250) Networks; (060.4251) Networks, assignment and routing algorithms;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Optical Fiber Communication - incudes post deadline papers, 2009. OFC 2009. Conference on
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4244-2606-5
         
        
            Electronic_ISBN : 
978-1-55752-865-0