Title :
Grooming and RWA in translucent dynamic mixed-line-rate WDM networks with impairments
Author :
Wang, X. ; Brandt-Pearce, M. ; Subramaniam, Suresh
Author_Institution :
Charles L. Brown Dept. of Electr. & Comp. Eng., Univ. of Virginia Charlottesville, Charlottesville, VA, USA
Abstract :
This paper develops a scheme to dynamically make grooming, regenerator placement, and routing and wavelength assignment (RWA) decisions for translucent mixed-line-rate optical networks. We consider physical impairments and compare to the no-grooming case.
Keywords :
optical fibre networks; optical repeaters; telecommunication network routing; wavelength assignment; wavelength division multiplexing; RWA decisions; dynamically make grooming; physical impairments; regenerator placement; routing-and-wavelength assignment decisions; translucent dynamic mixed-line-rate WDM networks; translucent mixed-line-rate optical networks; Heuristic algorithms; Nonlinear optics; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber networks; Optical receivers; Repeaters; Routing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2012 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0262-3
