• 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