Title :
Protection of multicast sessions in WDM mesh optical networks
Author :
Rahman, Tanvir ; Ellinas, Georgios
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., City Univ. of New York, NY, USA
Abstract :
We investigate the problem of protecting a multicast session in WDM mesh networks against any single link failure. Our proposed collapsed-ring dedicated 1+1 protection scheme exhibits very good performance relative to other schemes.
Keywords :
multicast communication; optical fibre networks; telecommunication network reliability; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM mesh optical networks; multicast sessions protection; single link failure; wavelength division multiplexing; Intelligent networks; Mesh networks; Multicast algorithms; Optical fiber networks; Protection; Surface-mount technology; Telecommunication traffic; WDM networks; Wavelength division multiplexing; Wavelength routing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2005. Technical Digest. OFC/NFOEC
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-783-0
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2005.192653
