Title :
The practical limit to impairment-aware scheduling in all-optical routers
Author :
Rastegarfar, Houman ; Leon-Garcia, Alberto ; LaRochelle, Sophie ; Rusch, Leslie A.
Author_Institution :
ECE Dept., Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Abstract :
We conduct cross-layer analysis to demonstrate that impairment-aware scheduling is ineffective in compensating the Q-factor degradation impact on all-optical routers based on arrayed waveguide gratings (AWGs) and fiber delay lines (FDLs).
Keywords :
Q-factor; arrayed waveguide gratings; optical communication equipment; optical delay lines; optical fibre communication; telecommunication network routing; AWG; FDL; Q-factor degradation; all-optical routers; arrayed waveguide gratings; cross-layer analysis; fiber delay lines; impairment-aware scheduling; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Optical buffering; Optical fiber amplifiers; Packet loss; Physical layer; Q-factor; Throughput;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2013 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Bellevue, WA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1506-8
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2013.6656671
