Quantifying the Impact of DWDM Nodes with Flexible Add/Drop Port Utilization for Dynamic Connection Setup
- Pedro, J. M.; Pato, S.;
"Quantifying the Impact of DWDM Nodes with Flexible Add/Drop Port Utilization for Dynamic Connection Setup
", Proc
OSA Optical Fiber Communications - OFC
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Los Angeles
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United States
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March
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2012
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Abstract
DWDM transport networks are evolving towards dynamic setup/rerouting of optical connections. This paper quantifies the impact of optical node architecture and traffic variability on the network blocking probability and transponder count requirements.