Title :
Performance analysis of multicast traffic over spectrum elastic optical networks
Author :
Qike Wang ; Lian-Kuan Chen
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. Eng., Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Shatin, China
Abstract :
We analyze the multicast performance over spectrum elastic optical networks. Results demonstrate the flexible spectrum allocation provides lower blocking probability for multicast compared to that in ITU-T grid-based WDM networks.
Keywords :
multicast communication; probability; telecommunication traffic; wavelength division multiplexing; ITU-T grid-based WDM networks; blocking probability; flexible spectrum allocation; multicast performance; multicast traffic; spectrum elastic optical networks; Multicast communication; OFDM; Optical fiber networks; Radio spectrum management; Resource management; WDM networks;
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
