Title :
Static lightpath establishment with sparse regenerator placement in WDM translucent networks
Author :
Bakri, Maroua ; Koubàa, Mohamed ; Ouerda, Imen ; Menif, Mourad
Author_Institution :
Commun. & Inf. Technol. Dept., Ecole Nat. d´´Ing. de Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia
Abstract :
In this paper, we investigate PLI-aware RWA with regenerator placement in translucent WDM networks. A novel approach achieving a performance very close to that of an optical network with full regeneration capability is proposed.
Keywords :
nonlinear optics; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre networks; optical fibre polarisation; optical phase shifters; wavelength division multiplexing; SLERP algorithm; WDM; chromatic dispersion; nonlinear phase shift; optical signal-to-noise ratio; physical layer impairments; polarization mode dispersion; smart lightpath establishment; sparse regenerator placement; static lightpath; translucent optical networks; wavelength division multiplexing; Nonlinear optics; Optical distortion; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber networks; Physical layer; Repeaters; WDM networks; Wavelength assignment; Wavelength division multiplexing; Wavelength routing; Translucent optical networks; bit-error-rate; regenerator placement; routing and wavelength assignment; transmission impairments;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics in Switching, 2009. PS '09. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Pisa
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3857-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3856-3
DOI :
10.1109/PS.2009.5307818
