Title
Effective utilization of optical transponders in WDM mesh networks
Abstract
We consider a multi-degree optical node configuration, which can provide multiple fiber links to the other nodes in wavelength-division-multiplexing (WDM) mesh networks. In the node, optical transponders are utilized for the wavelength channels sources and 3R-wavelength converters. It is shown that blocking originated from both the limited signal impairment threshold (SIT) problem and wavelength contentions can be resolved by the optical transponders. Moreover, the number of optical transponders per fiber link can be reduced down to half of the number of wavelength channels without degrading the network performance.
Year
DOI
Venue
2009
10.1007/s11107-009-0198-6
Photonic Network Communications
Keywords
Field
DocType
Optical communication,Wavelength division multiplexing,Networks,Tunable circuits and devices,Communication switching,Communication system routing
Wavelength-division multiplexing,Mesh networking,Optical mesh network,Optical Transport Network,Shared Risk Resource Group,Computer science,Passive optical network,Computer network,Optical performance monitoring,Optical cross-connect
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
18
3
1572-8188(Series Online ISSN)1387-974X(Series Print ISSN)
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
2
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Sun Hyok Chang111.79
S. H. Chung2357.08
Sang Soo Lee3164.73
Kwangjoon Kim454.92