Title :
Design implications of the add/drop ratio in transparent photonic networks
Author :
Meiqian Wang ; Ling Hou ; Wong, Eric W. M. ; Jun Guo ; Jianqing Liu ; Fan Li ; Anliang Cai ; Mehrvar, Hamid ; Dawei Wang ; Dongyu Geng ; Bernier, Eric ; Zukerman, Moshe
Author_Institution :
City Univ. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Abstract :
Using the Engset traffic model, we demonstrate conflicting effects of add/drop ratio on performance of the access networks and that of the core networks. This will have important design implications to future transparent photonic networks.
Keywords :
optical fibre subscriber loops; telecommunication traffic; Engset traffic model; add-drop ratio; optical access network; transparent photonic network; Network topology; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; Photonics; Ports (Computers); Quality of service; Topology; Engset model; access network; add/drop ratio; blocking probability; circuit-switched networks; fiber optics and optical communications;
Conference_Titel :
Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2015 17th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Budapest
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.2015.7193399
