Optical Transmission Links Design Technique

Author

Mahlab, Uri ; Dolev, Elli

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Commun. Eng., Holon Inst. of Technol.

Volume

1

fYear

2006

fDate

18-22 June 2006

Firstpage

102

Lastpage

105

Abstract

This paper describes an optimization process based on a genetic algorithm for choosing the proper network equipment in a link of an optical fiber network, to yield a desired design having a minimal cost. The network equipment has several different types of optical amplifiers and dispersion compensation modules, providing flexibility in achieving the technical requirements. This approach minimizes a defined figure of merit, taking into consideration the equipment cost and the network quality of service. The optimization process introduces a significant scaleable solution in computing time as well as in memory usage

Keywords

genetic algorithms; optical communication equipment; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre networks; quality of service; dispersion compensation modules; genetic algorithm; optical amplifiers; optical fiber network; optical transmission links design technique; optimization process; quality of service; Algorithm design and analysis; Cost function; Design optimization; Genetic algorithms; Optical amplifiers; Optical design; Optical design techniques; Optical fiber networks; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; chromosomes; genetic algorithm (GA); genetic operation replacement; mutation; network design; network equipment; optical link; reproduction; selection; span;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transparent Optical Networks, 2006 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Nottingham

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0235-2

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0236-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTON.2006.248251

Filename

4013665