Title :
Optimal traffic grooming and regenerator placement in WDM optical networks
Author :
Patel, Ankitkumar N. ; Gao, Chengyi ; Jue, Jason P. ; Wang, Xi ; Zhang, Qiong ; Palacharla, Paparao ; Naito, Takao
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, USA
Abstract :
We consider traffic grooming and regenerator placement in an optical network in which lightpaths are hop-constrained by impairments. Combining grooming with regenerator placement reduces costs compared to addressing traffic grooming and regenerator placement separately.
Keywords :
optical repeaters; telecommunication traffic; wavelength division multiplexing; optimal traffic grooming; regenerator placement; wavelength division multiplexing; Backplanes; Fabrics; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber networks; Optical switches; Repeaters; Telecommunication traffic; WDM networks; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication (OFC), collocated National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2010 Conference on (OFC/NFOEC)
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-884-1
