• 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