Title :
Impairment-aware traffic engineering using cross-layer protocols
Author :
Fidler, F. ; Winzer, Peter J. ; Thottan, M.K. ; Bergman, K.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Columbia Univ., New York, NY, USA
Abstract :
Traffic engineering based on cross-layer communications to counter-act inter-channel impairments in optical networks is shown to yield significant throughput gains for a variety of traffic models.
Keywords :
optical fibre networks; telecommunication channels; telecommunication network topology; telecommunication traffic; transport protocols; counter-act inter-channel impairments; cross-layer communications; cross-layer protocols; impairment-aware traffic engineering; optical network topology; Bit rate; Forward error correction; Histograms; Optical fiber networks; Optical modulation; Protocols; Telecommunication traffic; Throughput; Traffic control; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2009. ECOC '09. 35th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Vienna
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5096-1
