Title :
Design of hierarchical WDM networks
Author :
Razo, Miguel ; Billenahalli, Shreejith ; Huang, Wanjun ; Sivasankaran, Arularasi ; Tang, Limin ; Vardhan, Hars ; Tacca, Marco ; Monti, Paolo ; Fumagalli, Andrea ; Lee, Young ; Liu, Xinchao ; Sui, Zhicheng
Author_Institution :
OpNeAR Lab, Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, USA
Abstract :
Hierarchical WDM networks present a challenging design problem in that maximizing fiber utilization and minimizing wavelength conversion may be conflicting objectives. Two design solutions, offering alternative tradeoff options, are presented and compared.
Keywords :
Algorithm design and analysis; Bandwidth; Costs; Electronic mail; Optical design; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber networks; Optical wavelength conversion; Telecommunication traffic; WDM networks;
Conference_Titel :
Communications and Photonics Conference and Exhibition (ACP), 2009 Asia
Conference_Location :
Shanghai, China
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-877-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-877-3
