• DocumentCode
    1591878
  • Title

    Energy-efficiency of drop-and-continue traffic grooming

  • Author

    Farahmand, Farid ; Cerutti, Isabella ; Hasan, M. Masud ; Jue, Jason P.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Eng. Sci., Sonoma State Univ., Rohnert Park, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    This paper evaluates the energy-saving achievable by performing traffic grooming in WDM networks with drop-and-continue node architecture. Different grooming strategies are compared in terms of network performance and energy usage.
  • Keywords
    telecommunication traffic; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM network; drop-and-continue node architecture; drop-and-continue traffic grooming; energy usage; energy-efficiency; Electronic mail; Energy consumption; Optical fiber communication; Optical transmitters; Power demand; Receivers; WDM networks;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2011 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
  • Conference_Location
    Los Angeles, CA
  • ISSN
    pending
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-0213-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5875629