DocumentCode
600534
Title
On concentrating regenerator sites in ROADM networks
Author
Bathula, B.G. ; Sinha, Rakesh K. ; Chiu, A.L. ; Feuer, Mark D. ; Guangzhi Li ; Woodward, Sheryl L. ; Weiyi Zhang ; Bergman, Keren ; Inwoong Kim ; Palacharla, Paparao
Author_Institution
Columbia Univ., New York, NY, USA
fYear
2012
fDate
4-8 March 2012
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
3
Abstract
Concentrating optical regenerators in a subset of nodes provides significant savings. We present a heuristic for choosing this subset. In the studied cases our results have 1 or 2 more sites than the minimum.
Keywords
multiplexing equipment; optical fibre networks; optical repeaters; ROADM networks; concentrating optical regenerators; reconfigurable add-drop multiplexers; Heuristic algorithms; Measurement; Network topology; Optimization; Repeaters; Routing; Topology;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2012 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location
Los Angeles, CA
ISSN
pending
Print_ISBN
978-1-4673-0262-3
Type
conf
Filename
6476357
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