DocumentCode
2325997
Title
Exploiting the benefits of virtual concatenation in optical transport networks
Author
Zhu, K. ; Mukherjee, Biswanath ; Zang, H.
Author_Institution
UC Davis, CA, USA
fYear
2003
fDate
23-28 March 2003
Firstpage
363
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
Print_ISBN
1-55752-746-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/OFC.2003.1248142
Filename
1248142
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