DocumentCode
516067
Title
Exploiting excess capacity for improved robustness in optical WDM backbone mesh networks
Author
Dikbiyik, Ferhat ; Sahasrabuddhe, Laxman ; Tornatore, Massimo ; Mukherjee, Biswanath
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of California, Davis, CA, USA
fYear
2010
fDate
21-25 March 2010
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
3
Abstract
Any operational network has some excess capacity to accommodate new traffic demands and avoid early exhaustion of bandwidth resources. Exploiting this unused capacity to improve robustness of an optical WDM backbone mesh network is investigated.
Keywords
optical fibre networks; telecommunication traffic; wavelength division multiplexing; bandwidth resource exhaustion; excess capacity; operational network; optical WDM backbone mesh networks; traffic demands; Computer networks; Mesh networks; Optical fiber networks; Protection switching; Robustness; Spine; Telecommunication network reliability; Telecommunication traffic; WDM networks; Wavelength division multiplexing;
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
5465781
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