DocumentCode
450310
Title
Benefits of Q-factor based routing in WDM metro networks
Author
Kulkarni, P. ; Tzanakaki, A. ; Machuka, C. Mas ; Tomkos, I.
Author_Institution
Athens Inf. Technol. Center, Greece
Volume
4
fYear
2005
fDate
25-29 Sept. 2005
Firstpage
981
Abstract
A novel study focusing on impairment constraint routing based on Q-factor as the routing cost criterion in a metro WDM network has shown significant benefits in terms of physical performance optimisation and blocking probability reduction.
Keywords
Q-factor; metropolitan area networks; optical fibre networks; optimisation; telecommunication network routing; wavelength division multiplexing; Q-factor; WDM metro network; blocking probability reduction; impairment constraint routing; physical performance optimisation; routing cost criterion;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
iet
Conference_Titel
Optical Communication, 2005. ECOC 2005. 31st European Conference on
Conference_Location
IET
ISSN
0537-9989
Print_ISBN
0-86341-543-1
Type
conf
Filename
1584288
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