Title : 
Regenerator sites selection based on multiple paths considering impairments and protection requirements
         
        
            Author : 
Saradhi, Chava Vijaya ; Fedrizzi, Riccardo ; Zanardi, Andrea ; Salvadori, Elio ; Galimberti, Gabriele Maria ; Tanzi, Alberto ; Martinelli, Giovanni ; Gerstel, Ori
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Create-Net, Trento, Italy
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
We propose hitting set heuristic for regenerator sites selection considering multiple paths to provide any-to-any protected connectivity. The results indicate that parameters do not have impact for small networks for path trails greater than two.
         
        
            Keywords : 
optical fibre networks; optical repeaters; hitting set heuristic; impairment requirement; multiple paths; protection requirement; regenerator sites selection; Optical crosstalk; Optical fiber networks; Optical mixing; Optical polarization; Repeaters;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Networks and Optical Communications (NOC), 2011 16th European Conference on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-61284-753-5
         
        
            Electronic_ISBN : 
978-1-86135-373-3