Balancing multifibre and wavelength converter cost in wavelength routing networks

P. Pavon-Marino, R. Aparicio-Pardo, B. Garcia-Manrubia, J. Fernandez-Palacios, O. Gonzalez, F. Martin, J. Garcia-Haro
September 2008
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Abstract

This paper evaluates the balance between the cost of multifibres and the cost of wavelength converters in multilayer networks. A novel ILP formulation of the static planning problem is applied.

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Conference paper
Publication
2008 34th European Conference on Optical Communication, PP. 1–2, DOI: 10.1109/ECOC.2008.4729513
Wavelength routing Telecommunication traffic Cost function Hospitals Integer linear programming Monitoring Nonhomogeneous media Optical fiber devices Optical fiber testing Optical wavelength conversion