Title :
Light-tree establishment for optical multicasting in Flexible Optical WDM (FWDM) networks
Author :
Patel, Ankitkumar ; Ji, Philip ; Jue, Jason P. ; Ting Wang
Author_Institution :
NEC Labs. of America, Princeton, NJ, USA
Abstract :
Multicast-enabled FWDM network architecture is introduced and a naturally-inspired algorithm is proposed for the light-tree establishment problem. The algorithm improves spectral efficiency by at least 22% and 17% compared to fixed and flexible-grid solutions respectively.
Keywords :
optical fibre networks; wavelength division multiplexing; fixed grid solution; flexible optical WDM Networks; flexible-grid solution; light-tree establishment problem; multicast-enabled FWDM network architecture; naturally-inspired algorithm; optical multicasting; spectral efficiency;
Conference_Titel :
Communications and Photonics Conference (ACP), 2012 Asia
Conference_Location :
Guangzhou
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-6274-0
