Title :
Survivable traffic grooming in WDM mesh networks
Author :
Ou, C. ; Zhu, K. ; Mukherjee, B. ; Zang, H. ; Sahasrabuddhe, L.
Author_Institution :
California Univ., Davis, CA, USA
Abstract :
We investigate the problem of provisioning shared-mesh-protected sub-wavelength connections in wavelength-convertible optical WDM networks. We propose protection-at-lightpath (PAL) level and protection-at-connection (PAC) level. We found PAL outperforms PAC in such network settings.
Keywords :
optical fibre networks; telecommunication network reliability; telecommunication traffic; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM mesh network; protection-at-connection level; protection-at-lightpath level; sub-wavelength connection; survivable traffic grooming; Bandwidth; Delta modulation; Intelligent networks; Mesh networks; Optical fiber networks; Optical interconnections; Protection; Telecommunication traffic; WDM networks; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-746-6
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2003.1248455
