Title :
Optimized traffic grooming as a way to mitigate the effect of chromatic dispersion in metro/regional WDM networks
Author :
Houle, A.C. ; Jaumard, B. ; Solari, Y.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Eng., Sherbrooke Univ., Que., Canada
Abstract :
We propose optimized traffic grooming to mitigate the effect of chromatic dispersion in WDM networks. We show an example where 34% network cost reduction is achieved in comparison to the use of dispersion compensating fibers.
Keywords :
optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre networks; telecommunication traffic; wavelength division multiplexing; chromatic dispersion; metro WDM networks; regional WDM networks; traffic grooming; Bit rate; Chromatic dispersion; Costs; Intelligent networks; Iterative algorithms; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical receivers; Telecommunication traffic; WDM networks;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. OFC 2006
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-803-9
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2006.215972
