Title :
Network coding in optical networks with O/E/O based wavelength conversion
Author :
Thinniyam, Ramanathan S. ; Kim, Minkyu ; Médard, Muriel ; O´Reilly, Una-May
Author_Institution :
Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
Performing network coding at network nodes with O/E/O wavelength conversion equipment incurs negligible additional cost. Our methodology finds minimum O/E/O equipment for multicast network coding on a minimal wavelength subgraph with one link failure reliability.
Keywords :
multicast communication; network coding; optical communication equipment; optical fibre networks; optical wavelength conversion; telecommunication network reliability; wavelength division multiplexing; O/E/O wavelength conversion equipment; link failure reliability; minimal wavelength subgraph; multicast network coding; network node; optical network; Biological cells; Computer network reliability; Costs; Genetic algorithms; Merging; Multicast algorithms; Network coding; Optical fiber networks; Optical receivers; Optical wavelength conversion;
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
