• DocumentCode
    1746005
  • Title

    Impact of intermediate traffic grouping on the dimensioning of multi-granularity optical networks

  • Author

    Noirie, L. ; Vigoureux, M. ; Dotaro, E.

  • Author_Institution
    Alcatel Corporate Res. Center, Marcoussis, France
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2001
  • fDate
    17-22 March 2001
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate the interest of multi-granularity optical networks to decrease the number of ports for the optical switching matrices by grouping some wavelengths into bands and some bands into fibers at some intermediate nodes.
  • Keywords
    optical fibre networks; telecommunication traffic; wavelength division multiplexing; intermediate nodes; intermediate traffic grouping; multi-granularity optical network dimensioning; optical fibers; optical switching matrices; port number decrease; Costs; Laboratories; Optical fiber networks; Spine; Telecommunication switching; Telecommunication traffic; WDM networks; Wavelength conversion; Wavelength division multiplexing; Wavelength routing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibit, 2001. OFC 2001
  • Conference_Location
    Anaheim, CA, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-655-9
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    927315