Title :
Contention simulation within dynamic, colorless and unidirectional/multidirectional optical cross-connects
Author_Institution :
Opt. Div., Alcatel-Lucent, Nozay, France
Abstract :
By simulating dynamic channel adding/dropping operations of an optical node within WDM transparent networks, we compare different colorless unidirectional/multidirectional layouts in terms of internal blocking rate as function of the traffic load.
Keywords :
optical interconnections; telecommunication traffic; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM transparent network; contention simulation; dynamic channel adding-dropping operation; dynamic colorless unidirectional-multidirectional optical cross connection; internal blocking rate; optical node; traffic load; Couplers; Layout; Optical character recognition software; Optical switches; Optical transmitters; Telecommunication traffic; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2011 37th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Geneva
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1918-9
