NDLI: Lighting fibers in a dark network

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Shepherd, F.B. Vetta, A.
Copyright Year	1983
Abstract	We consider the problem of network design in transparent, or clear channel, optical networks associated with wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM). We focus on the class of traffic engineering models known as routing, wavelength, and capacity assignment problems. Here, in contrast to traditional networks, traffic flow paths must also be assigned an end-to-end wavelength. This additional requirement means that there can be an increased cost associated with optimal capacity allocations for such WDM-flows. In general, this can be arbitrarily worse than traditional network designs. We argue that in order to evaluate the benefit of different switch technologies, a good benchmark is to measure the increase in costs purely in terms of link capacity, we call this the cost of transparency. Experimental research shows that this cost is small in multifiber networks with modest switching functionality at the nodes. We present theoretical justification for why this occurs, and prove that in multiwavelength multifiber transparent networks the cost of transparency all but disappears if there is moderate traffic load. Our arguments are based on efficient heuristics that may also be useful for more complex network optimizations. This suggests that the cost savings from using wavelength converters is significant only in young networks with relatively few fibers lit. Such savings may, thus, be small relative to the initial capital expense involved in installing wavelength conversion.
Starting Page	1583
Ending Page	1588
Page Count	6
File Size	171934
File Format	PDF
ISSN	07338716
Volume Number	22
Issue Number	9
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2004-11-01
Publisher Place	U.S.A.
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Telecommunication traffic Wavelength division multiplexing Traffic control Cost function Switches Optical wavelength conversion Optical design Optical fiber networks Wavelength routing Wavelength measurement wavelength- division multiplexing (WDM) Linear programming multifiber network randomized rounding transparent optical network
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Computer Networks and Communications Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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