Topological Wavelength Usage Estimation in Transparent Wide Area Networks

Author

Chatelain, Benoit ; Belanger, Michel P. ; Tremblay, Christine ; Gagnon, François ; Plant, David V.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., McGill Univ., Montreal, QC

Volume

1

Issue

1

fYear

2009

fDate

6/1/2009 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

196

Lastpage

203

Abstract

A power law relationship is established between wavelength usage and algebraic connectivity of backbone wavelength division multiplexing networks. From this observation, a concise prediction formula linking wavelength consumption to network topologies is derived and evaluated for real-world wide area networks. It is shown that the algebraic-connectivity-based wavelength usage estimation is more precise than evaluations relying on node degree variance, number of spanning trees, and average internodal distance.

Keywords

optical fibre networks; telecommunication network topology; wavelength assignment; wavelength division multiplexing; wide area networks; WAN; WDM communication; algebraic-connectivity-based wavelength usage estimation; all-optical network; topological wavelength usage estimation; transparent wide area network; wavelength division multiplexing network; Joining processes; Network topology; Optical fiber networks; Optimized production technology; Telecommunication traffic; WDM networks; Wavelength assignment; Wavelength division multiplexing; Wavelength routing; Wide area networks; All-optical networks; Networks, wavelength assignment;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Optical Communications and Networking, IEEE/OSA Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1943-0620

Type

jour

DOI

10.1364/JOCN.1.000196

Filename

5069814