Title :
CATZ (Capacity Allocation with Time Zones): A Methodology for Cost-Efficient Bandwidth Allocation and Reconfiguration in a World-Wide WDM Network
Author :
A. Gencata;B. Mukherjee
Author_Institution :
University of California, Davis, Dept. Computer Science, CA 95616, USA
fDate :
6/24/1905 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
We propose and investigate the characteristics of a bandwidth allocation and reconfiguration method, called CATZ, that exploits the daily traffic fluctuations and time-zone-based traffic shifts to cost-effectively operate a world-wide WDM backbone network.
Keywords :
"Channel allocation","Intelligent networks","WDM networks","Telecommunication traffic","Traffic control","Bandwidth","Spine","Costs","Network topology","Cities and towns"
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2002. ECOC 2002. 28th European Conference on
Print_ISBN :
87-90974-63-8
