In single-hop WDM networks, a data packet can be transmitted from one node to another only when one of the transmitters of the source node and one of the receivers of the destination node are tuned to the same wavelength, i.e., a data packet is transmitte

Author

Lin, Hwa-Chun ; Wang, Chun-Hsin

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Nat. Tsing Hua Univ., Hsinchu, Taiwan

Volume

19

Issue

11

fYear

2001

fDate

11/1/2001 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1654

Lastpage

1664

Abstract

This paper shows that, for single-hop wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) networks, a multicast scheduling algorithm which always tries to partition a multicast transmission into multiple unicast or multicast transmissions may not always produce lower mean packet delay than a multicast scheduling algorithm that does not partition multicast transmissions. The performance of a multicast scheduling algorithm may depend on the traffic conditions and the availability of the channel resource in the network. A hybrid multicast scheduling algorithm that can be used in single-hop WDM networks

Keywords

optical fibre networks; scheduling; telecommunication traffic; wavelength division multiplexing; channel resource; data channels; hybrid multicast scheduling algorithm; mean packet delay; multicast transmissions; single-hop WDM networks; single-hop wavelength division multiplexing networks; traffic conditions; unicast traffic; Bandwidth; Broadcasting; Multimedia communication; Optical transmitters; Scheduling algorithm; Telecommunication traffic; Unicast; Video on demand; WDM networks; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/50.964065

Filename

964065