Title :
Designing and engineering metropolitan area transparent optical networks for the provisioning of multicast sessions
Author :
Panayiotou, T. ; Ellinas, G. ; Antoniades, N. ; Levine, A.M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus
Abstract :
We investigate the problem of designing and engineering metropolitan area optical networks for the provisioning of multicast sessions. The Q-factor for each session is taken into account, aiming at maximizing the admitted number of connections.
Keywords :
Q-factor; metropolitan area networks; optical fibre networks; wavelength division multiplexing; Q-factor; metropolitan area transparent optical networks; multicast sessions; optical WDM networking; Crosstalk; Design engineering; Optical design; Optical fiber networks; Optical filters; Optical noise; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Physical layer; Urban areas;
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
