Impact of PMD on hybrid WDM/OCDM networks

Author

Durand, F.R. ; Lima, M.A.C. ; César, A.C. ; Moschim, E.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Campinas, Brazil

Volume

17

Issue

12

fYear

2005

Firstpage

2787

Lastpage

2789

Abstract

In this work, we investigated the impact of polarization-mode dispersion (PMD) in optical networks using the hybrid technology of wavelength-division multiplexing and optical code-division multiplexing. In these networks, virtual paths based on code/wavelength channels (VCP/VWP) are dynamically established to attend the traffic demand. We use a routing channel assignment based on genetic algorithm to establish the VCP/VWPs. The main results show that the network blocking probability caused by PMD depends on parameters of optical orthogonal codes like weight and length.

Keywords

code division multiplexing; codes; genetic algorithms; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre networks; optical fibre polarisation; telecommunication channels; telecommunication network routing; telecommunication traffic; wavelength division multiplexing; PMD; genetic algorithm; hybrid WDM/OCDM networks; network blocking probability; optical code-division multiplexing; optical orthogonal codes; polarization-mode dispersion; routing channel; virtual path; wavelength-division multiplexing; Code division multiplexing; Genetic algorithms; Optical fiber networks; Optical fiber polarization; Performance analysis; Polarization mode dispersion; Upper bound; WDM networks; Wavelength division multiplexing; Wavelength routing; Optical orthogonal codes (OOCs); polarization-mode dispersion (PMD); wavelength-division multiplexing and optical code-division multiplexing (WDM/OCDM);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2005.859176

Filename

1542224