• DocumentCode
    1587439
  • Title

    Dimensioning of optical networks under unconstrained blocking probabilities

  • Author

    Waldman, Helio ; Bortoletto, Rodrigo C. ; Pavani, Gustavo S.

  • Author_Institution
    Fed. Univ. of ABC, Santo Andre, Brazil
  • fYear
    2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    The paper proposes new dimensioning models for optical networks. Unlike the classic approach using the blocking probability as the main metric, the proposed models are designed to support specified business strategies. The case of monopoly is analyzed to obtain a profit-maximizing dimensioning and a comparison with the classic dimensioning is shown.
  • Keywords
    business communication; optical fibre networks; blocking probability; business strategies; monopoly; optical network dimensioning; profit-maximizing dimensioning; unconstrained blocking probabilities; Circuits; Costs; Electronic mail; Environmental economics; Markov processes; Monopoly; Optical fiber networks; Telephony; Wavelength division multiplexing; Wavelength routing; Markov process; business strategy; monopoly; optical networks; single-circuit network;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2010 12th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Munich
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-7799-9
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-7797-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICTON.2010.5549323
  • Filename
    5549323