Requirements for a transparent pan-European network

Author

Gurel, Oral ; Mas, Carmen ; Tomkos, Ioannis

Author_Institution

Athens Inf. Technol. Center, Greece

Volume

1

fYear

2004

fDate

4-8 July 2004

Firstpage

97

Abstract

Network operators should continuously consider the upgrading of their networks so that they are ready for the forthcoming increase of traffic, while keeping an efficient use of their existing resources. The paper deals with the study of the requirements of a pan-European network based on the network topology and the traffic model for the upcoming years. These dimensioning studies look into network requirements, such as node and link capacity, for the extreme case of having all the demand fully protected. This study also looks into the evolution of different parameters, such as connection length, number of channels and blocking probability, with and without wavelength conversion.

Keywords

optical fibre networks; telecommunication network planning; telecommunication network topology; telecommunication traffic; blocking probability; connection length; link capacity; network dimensioning studies; network topology; node capacity; traffic model; transparent pan-European network; wavelength conversion; Cities and towns; Costs; Information technology; Network topology; Optical fiber networks; Optical wavelength conversion; Protection; Telecommunication traffic; Traffic control; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transparent Optical Networks, 2004. Proceedings of 2004 6th International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8343-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTON.2004.1360252

Filename

1360252