Fast and efficient WDM network protection using p-cycles

D.A. Schupke1
1Institute of Communication Networks, Munich University of Technology, Munich, Germany

Tóm tắt

p-Cycles are preconfigured protection cycles for meshed networks. A p-cycle protects on-cycle links, and off-cycle links having p-cycle nodes as endpoints. For WDM-networks, p-cycles can provide fast protection switching times and achieve high resource efficiency.

Từ khóa

#WDM networks #Ducts #Communications technology #Paper technology #Communication networks #Protection switching #Switching circuits #Redundancy #Add-drop multiplexers #Routing

Tài liệu tham khảo

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