Title :
Connectivity architectures of regular optical mesh networks
Author :
Guan, Chi Kyle ; Chan, Vincent
Author_Institution :
Lab. for Inf. & Decision Syst., MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
We study the topology design of an important subset of mesh network-regular mesh network in the context of wavelength division multiplex (WDM) metropolitan area network (MAN). We find that minimum hop distance is an important parameter in dimensioning both the network´s physical size but also the network node resources required to support the ever increasing traffic demand. By assigning realistic cost structures to these network nodes and link resources, we are able to specify the optimal node degrees analytically for interesting classes of good regular topologies as the networks scale in size.
Keywords :
costing; data communication; metropolitan area networks; network topology; optical fibre networks; wavelength division multiplexing; Internet; MAN; WDM; connectivity architectures; cost structures; data communications; mesh network-regular mesh network; metropolitan area network; minimum hop distance; network dimensioning; network link; network node resources; optimal node degrees; regular optical mesh networks; resources traffic; topology design; wavelength division multiplexing; Cost function; Explosives; Laboratories; Linear programming; Mesh networks; Network topology; Optical fiber networks; Scalability; Telecommunication traffic; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Global Telecommunications Conference, 2002. GLOBECOM '02. IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7632-3
DOI :
10.1109/GLOCOM.2002.1189114