Title :
Exploiting the benefits of virtual concatenation in optical transport networks
Author :
Zhu, K. ; Mukherjee, Biswanath ; Zang, H.
Author_Institution :
UC Davis, CA, USA
Abstract :
We explore the benefits of virtual concatenation in SONET/SDH-based traffic-groomable mesh networks. Our results qualitatively and quantitively demonstrate that virtual concatenation can improve bandwidth efficiency, simplify network control, and balance network load.
Keywords :
SONET; optical fibre networks; synchronous digital hierarchy; telecommunication channels; telecommunication traffic; SONET-SDH based traffic-groomable mesh networks; network control; optical transport networks; virtual concatenation; Bandwidth; Communication system traffic control; Optical fiber networks; Optical network units; Optical packet switching; Packet switching; SONET; Telecommunication traffic; Time division multiplexing; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-746-6
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2003.1248142