Title :
Route and wavelength/waveband assignment for creation of compact hierarchical optical cross-connect for multi-ring connection
Author :
Ishii, Kiyo ; Hasegawa, Hiroshi ; Sato, Ken-Ichi
Author_Institution :
Nagoya Univ., Nagoya, Japan
Abstract :
We propose a route and wavelength/waveband assignment method for multi-ring networks linked by hierarchical optical cross-connects. Numerical experiments reveal that the switch scale is significantly reduced at the cost of a marginal drop in routing capability.
Keywords :
optical fibre networks; optical switches; telecommunication network routing; multiring networks; optical cross-connect; route assignment; switch scale; wavelength/waveband assignment; Costs; Joining processes; Large-scale systems; Optical add-drop multiplexers; Optical fiber networks; Optical interconnections; Optical switches; Protection; Telecommunication traffic; Wavelength routing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2009. ECOC '09. 35th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Vienna
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5096-1
