Sub-Band-Patch-Through heuristic for cost efficient wavelength assignment in DWDM networks

Conference: ECOC 2007 - 33rd European Conference and Exhibition of Optical Communication
09/16/2007 - 09/20/2007 at Berlin, Germany

Proceedings: ECOC 2007

Pages: 2Language: englishTyp: PDF

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Authors:
Kallin, Sascha; Hoffmann, Marco (Nokia Siemens Networks GmbH & Co. KG, Otto-Hahn-Ring 6, 81730 Munich, Germany)

Abstract:
This paper discusses a heuristic for cost efficient wavelength assignment by saving mux/demux cards at nodes in an all-optical network while using the possibility to patch through wavelengths of a sub-band at intermediate nodes.