DocumentCode
515542
Title
Optimal traffic grooming and regenerator placement in WDM optical networks
Author
Patel, Ankitkumar N. ; Gao, Chengyi ; Jue, Jason P. ; Wang, Xi ; Zhang, Qiong ; Palacharla, Paparao ; Naito, Takao
Author_Institution
Univ. of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, USA
fYear
2010
fDate
21-25 March 2010
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
3
Abstract
We consider traffic grooming and regenerator placement in an optical network in which lightpaths are hop-constrained by impairments. Combining grooming with regenerator placement reduces costs compared to addressing traffic grooming and regenerator placement separately.
Keywords
optical repeaters; telecommunication traffic; wavelength division multiplexing; optimal traffic grooming; regenerator placement; wavelength division multiplexing; Backplanes; Fabrics; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber networks; Optical switches; Repeaters; Telecommunication traffic; WDM networks; Wavelength division multiplexing;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber Communication (OFC), collocated National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2010 Conference on (OFC/NFOEC)
Conference_Location
San Diego, CA
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-55752-884-1
Type
conf
Filename
5465251
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