• DocumentCode
    3621099
  • Title

    CATZ (Capacity Allocation with Time Zones): A Methodology for Cost-Efficient Bandwidth Allocation and Reconfiguration in a World-Wide WDM Network

  • Author

    A. Gencata;B. Mukherjee

  • Author_Institution
    University of California, Davis, Dept. Computer Science, CA 95616, USA
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    6/24/1905 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We propose and investigate the characteristics of a bandwidth allocation and reconfiguration method, called CATZ, that exploits the daily traffic fluctuations and time-zone-based traffic shifts to cost-effectively operate a world-wide WDM backbone network.
  • Keywords
    "Channel allocation","Intelligent networks","WDM networks","Telecommunication traffic","Traffic control","Bandwidth","Spine","Costs","Network topology","Cities and towns"
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communication, 2002. ECOC 2002. 28th European Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    87-90974-63-8
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    1601273