DocumentCode
516005
Title
Designing and engineering metropolitan area transparent optical networks for the provisioning of multicast sessions
Author
Panayiotou, T. ; Ellinas, G. ; Antoniades, N. ; Levine, A.M.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus
fYear
2010
fDate
21-25 March 2010
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
3
Abstract
We investigate the problem of designing and engineering metropolitan area optical networks for the provisioning of multicast sessions. The Q-factor for each session is taken into account, aiming at maximizing the admitted number of connections.
Keywords
Q-factor; metropolitan area networks; optical fibre networks; wavelength division multiplexing; Q-factor; metropolitan area transparent optical networks; multicast sessions; optical WDM networking; Crosstalk; Design engineering; Optical design; Optical fiber networks; Optical filters; Optical noise; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Physical layer; Urban areas;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber Communication (OFC), collocated National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2010 Conference on (OFC/NFOEC)
Conference_Location
San Diego, CA
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-55752-884-1
Type
conf
Filename
5465719
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