Title :
Performance evaluation of optical cross connect architectures under an efficient wavelength assignment
Author :
Eramo, V. ; Listanti, M.
Author_Institution :
Dipt. di Scienza e Tecnica dell´´Informazione e della Communicazione, Rome Univ., Italy
fDate :
7/1/2002 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
In this letter we evaluate the performance of optical cross connect (OXC) architectures with wavelength conversion capability and in which the number of wavelength converters (WCs) is optimized by means of WC sharing. Dimensioning models of WCs are proposed and the number of WCs is evaluated according to an efficient wavelength assignment that allows to obtain a high saving of WCs.
Keywords :
optical communication equipment; optical switches; optical wavelength conversion; wavelength division multiplexing; OXC architectures; dimensioning models; efficient wavelength assignment; optical cross connect architectures; performance evaluation; wavelength conversion; wavelength converters; Costs; Optical fiber networks; Optical saturation; Optical switches; Optical wavelength conversion; Switching converters; WDM networks; Wavelength assignment; Wavelength converters; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Journal_Title :
Communications Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LCOMM.2002.801308
