Title :
Impairment-aware Waveband Switching in Optical Networks
Author :
Yen, Hong-Hsu ; Lee, Steven S W ; Mukherjee, Biswanath
Author_Institution :
Shih-Hsin Univ., Taipei
Abstract :
We consider optical impairment and investigate wavelength grooming strategies in multi-granular WDM networks. The strategy that allows lightpaths to share waveband paths holds better call blocking and port usage performance than that without sharing.
Keywords :
optical fibre networks; wavelength division multiplexing; call blocking; multigranular wavelength division multiplexing network; optical impairment-aware waveband switching network; port usage performance; Communication switching; Costs; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber networks; Performance loss; Routing; Satellite broadcasting; Switches; Switching loss; Telecommunication traffic;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2007. OFC/NFOEC 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-831-4
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2007.4348932
