An effective method for blocking performance analysis of WDM all-optical networks

Author

Xiong, Jintao ; Gong, Weibo ; Qiao, Chunming

Author_Institution

Electr. & Comput. Eng. Dept., Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA

Volume

21

Issue

6

fYear

2003

fDate

6/1/2003 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1421

Lastpage

1434

Abstract

We propose a rational approximation (RA)-based algorithm to perform the blocking analysis of circuit-switched all-optical networks. Our algorithm can be applied to large networks with various topologies and routing and wavelength assignment algorithms. It can be applied to optical networks with either full, sparse, or no wavelength conversion. We also propose fixed-path wavelength assignment algorithms for networks with balanced and unbalanced traffic.

Keywords

approximation theory; channel allocation; optical fibre networks; telecommunication network routing; telecommunication traffic; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM all-optical networks; balanced traffic; blocking analysis; blocking performance analysis; circuit-switched all-optical networks; fixed-path wavelength assignment algorithms; rational approximation based algorithm; telecomm routing algorithms; topologies; unbalanced traffic; wavelength assignment algorithms; Algorithm design and analysis; All-optical networks; Approximation algorithms; Circuit analysis; Circuit topology; Network topology; Performance analysis; WDM networks; Wavelength assignment; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JLT.2003.810083

Filename

1216180