• 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