Off-line lightpath routing in WDM networks with different wavelength converter configurations

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

Tóm tắt

We consider the off-line routing of lightpaths in WDM networks where the nodes individually provide either full, partial or no wavelength conversion. We develop a flexible network model and use it to find the lightpaths in a national-scale network for different demand patterns by a flow-based approach. Our results indicate that due to low network utilization no or few converters in the network can yield the same performance as full wavelength conversion in all the nodes.

Từ khóa

#Wavelength routing #Intelligent networks #WDM networks #Optical wavelength conversion #Optical fiber devices #Wavelength converters #Wavelength assignment #Wavelength division multiplexing #Switches #Communications technology

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