• 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