Title :
Grooming and RWA in translucent dynamic mixed-line-rate WDM networks with impairments
Author :
Wang, Xiongfei ; Brandt-Pearce, Maite ; Brown, Charles L. ; Subramaniam, Suresh
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Elect. and Comp. Eng., University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904
Abstract :
This paper develops a scheme to dynamically make grooming, regenerator placement, and routing and wavelength assignment (RWA) decisions for translucent mixed-line-rate optical networks. We consider physical impairments and compare to the no-grooming case.
Keywords :
Heuristic algorithms; Nonlinear optics; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber networks; Optical receivers; Repeaters; Routing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2012 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0262-3
