Title :
Consolidation of optical networks with 1:1 protection
Author :
Xie, Zhenchang ; Chen, Lian-Kuan
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. Eng., Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Abstract :
A 1:1 protection scheme for consolidating two identical networks is proposed and we show that a set of the protection links with the same number of the working links is sufficient and necessary.
Keywords :
optical fibre networks; telecommunication security; optical networks; protection links; working links; Communication industry; Cost function; Investments; Merging; Network topology; Optical fiber networks; Optical interconnections; Protection; Spine; Telecommunication traffic;
Conference_Titel :
OptoElectronics and Communications Conference, 2009. OECC 2009. 14th
Conference_Location :
Hong Kong
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4102-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4103-7
DOI :
10.1109/OECC.2009.5218900
