New multicast switch-based multicast wavelength allocation algorithm to increase network capacity

Author

Abbas, Rafed Sabbar ; Al-Raweshidy, Hamed

Author_Institution

Wireless Network & Commun. Centre, Brunel Univ., Uxbridge, UK

fYear

2012

fDate

2-5 April 2012

Firstpage

164

Lastpage

169

Abstract

Dynamic wavelength allocation (DWA) in multicast (MC) switching is investigated in this paper. The aim for this investigation is to maximize the network capacity and minimize the blocking probability in the wavelength division multiplexer network (WDM). By using light splitters (LS) and wavelength converters (WC) in the joint nodes, the WDM network is improved and the wavelength reuse was increased. The result shows that our optimization has increased the network capacity by about 41% compared with previous work.

Keywords

multicast communication; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM network; blocking probability; dynamic wavelength allocation; light splitters; multicast switch-based multicast wavelength allocation algorithm; multicast switching; network capacity; wavelength converters; wavelength division multiplexer network; wavelength reuse; Joints; Optical fiber networks; Optical switches; Optical wavelength conversion; Resource management; Wavelength division multiplexing; Multicast (MC); dynamic wavelength allocation (DWA); light splitting (LS); network capacity; wavelength conversion (WC); wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM);

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Future Communication Networks (ICFCN), 2012 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Baghdad

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-0261-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4673-0259-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICFCN.2012.6206862

Filename

6206862