• DocumentCode
    421168
  • Title

    Blocking probability of a centralized switch with shared wavelength conversion

  • Author

    Narula-Tam, Aradhana ; Brady, Mark H. ; Finn, Steven G. ; Lin, Philip J.

  • Author_Institution
    Lincoln Lab., MIT, Lexington, MA, USA
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    23-27 Feb. 2004
  • Firstpage
    449
  • Abstract
    This paper presents a new blocking probability model for a centralized switch with shared wavelength conversion. The ingress and egress link wavelengths are selectable. A small number of converters achieves the performance of full conversion.
  • Keywords
    network topology; optical fibre networks; optical switches; optical wavelength conversion; probability; wavelength division multiplexing; blocking probability; centralized switch; egress link wavelength; ingress link wavelength; shared wavelength conversion;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2004. OFC 2004
  • Conference_Location
    Los Angeles, CA, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-772-5
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    1359315