Title :
Green realistic design of Multi-Granular Optical core networks
Author :
Naas, N. ; Kantarci, B. ; Mouftah, H.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Tripoli, Tripoli, Libya
Abstract :
Energy consumption of the optical core is expected to contribute to a significant portion of the energy consumed by the telecommunication networks. As an enhanced bandwidth utilization and management extent of the optical Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) technology, multi-granular switching concept has been shown to guarantee energy savings when compared to the traditional traffic grooming. However, Multi-Granular Optical Transport (MG-OTN) design and planning still calls for legitimate and self-contained design specifications. In this paper, we develop a heuristic to design a green optical core network using the multi-granular switching concept. We present the design results for different topologies to give insights on the impact of optical reach on the power consumption of core networks.
Keywords :
optical communication equipment; optical fibre networks; telecommunication network topology; telecommunication power management; telecommunication switching; wavelength division multiplexing; energy consumption; enhanced bandwidth utilization; green optical core network; green realistic design; multigranular optical core networks; multigranular optical transport design; multigranular switching concept; optical wavelength division multiplexing technology; self-contained design specifications; Green products; Integrated optics; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; Optical switches; Energy-efficient network; GMPLS; Multi-granular network; Optical reach; Optical transport network design;
Conference_Titel :
High-capacity Optical Networks and Emerging/Enabling Technologies (HONET), 2014 11th Annual
Conference_Location :
Charlotte, NC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-6939-5
DOI :
10.1109/HONET.2014.7029360
