DocumentCode
762845
Title
A waveband switching architecture and algorithm for dynamic traffic
Author
Cao, Xiaojun ; Anand, Vishal ; Qiao, Chunming
Author_Institution
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Eng., State Univ. of New York, USA
Volume
7
Issue
8
fYear
2003
Firstpage
397
Lastpage
399
Abstract
The proposed multi-granular optical cross-connect (MG-OXC) architecture and heuristic algorithm significantly reduce the number of used ports and hence the cost of an existing network, and also help in reducing the blocking probability of dynamic connection requests.
Keywords
optical switches; probability; telecommunication traffic; wavelength division multiplexing; DWDM; blocking probability reduction; dense wavelength-division multiplexing; dynamic connection requests; dynamic traffic; efficient heuristic algorithm; maximum interference length in band; multi-granular optical cross-connect architecture; waveband switching architecture; Computer architecture; Costs; Heuristic algorithms; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber networks; Size control; Switches; Telecommunication traffic; Wavelength division multiplexing;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Communications Letters, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1089-7798
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/LCOMM.2003.815642
Filename
1220282
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