Title :
Using tunable optical transceivers for reducing the number of ports in WDM/TDM networks
Author :
Modiano, Eytan ; Berry, Randall
Author_Institution :
Lab. for Information & Decision Syst., MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
We consider the benefits of using tunable transceivers for reducing the required number of ports in WDM/TDM optical networks. We show that tunable transceivers can be used to efficiently "groom" subwavelength traffic and significantly reduce the number of ports compared to the fixed tuned case. We provide a new formulation for this "tunable grooming" problem and develop algorithms for designing such networks.
Keywords :
optical fibre networks; optical receivers; optical transmitters; telecommunication network planning; telecommunication traffic; time division multiplexing; transceivers; wavelength division multiplexing; TDM network; WDM network; network designing; port reduction; subwavelength traffic; tunable grooming; tunable optical transceivers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2004. OFC 2004
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-772-5
