Title :
Traffic grooming in flexible optical WDM (FWDM) networks
Author :
Patel, Ankitkumar N. ; Ji, Philip N. ; Jue, Jason P. ; Wang, Ting
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, USA
Abstract :
We propose an algorithm for the traffic grooming, routing, wavelength assignment, and spectrum allocation problem in FWDM networks for the first time. We show that traffic grooming improves spectral efficiency of FWDM networks.
Keywords :
frequency allocation; optical fibre networks; telecommunication network routing; telecommunication traffic; wavelength assignment; wavelength division multiplexing; FWDM networks; flexible optical WDM network; optical routing; spectral efficiency; spectrum allocation problem; traffic grooming; wavelength assignment; Network topology; Optical modulation;
Conference_Titel :
Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference (OECC), 2011 16th
Conference_Location :
Kaohsiung
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-288-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-986-02-8974-9
