DocumentCode
2093685
Title
Light-tree establishment for optical multicasting in Flexible Optical WDM (FWDM) networks
Author
Patel, Ankitkumar ; Ji, Philip ; Jue, Jason P. ; Ting Wang
Author_Institution
NEC Labs. of America, Princeton, NJ, USA
fYear
2012
fDate
7-10 Nov. 2012
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
3
Abstract
Multicast-enabled FWDM network architecture is introduced and a naturally-inspired algorithm is proposed for the light-tree establishment problem. The algorithm improves spectral efficiency by at least 22% and 17% compared to fixed and flexible-grid solutions respectively.
Keywords
optical fibre networks; wavelength division multiplexing; fixed grid solution; flexible optical WDM Networks; flexible-grid solution; light-tree establishment problem; multicast-enabled FWDM network architecture; naturally-inspired algorithm; optical multicasting; spectral efficiency;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Communications and Photonics Conference (ACP), 2012 Asia
Conference_Location
Guangzhou
ISSN
2162-108X
Print_ISBN
978-1-4673-6274-0
Type
conf
Filename
6510788
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