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Optical WDM rings using a smart wavelength routing assignment
Author(s) -
Podcameni Abelardo,
Mosso Marbey
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
microwave and optical technology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1098-2760
pISSN - 0895-2477
DOI - 10.1002/mop.10392
Subject(s) - computer network , network packet , wavelength division multiplexing , routing (electronic design automation) , computer science , microwave , inefficiency , simple (philosophy) , electronic engineering , hierarchical routing , modulation (music) , engineering , static routing , telecommunications , routing protocol , wavelength , optoelectronics , materials science , physics , philosophy , epistemology , economics , microeconomics , acoustics
Functionality is inserted into the physical layer of WDM optical networks in order to provide for an efficient carrier routing and packet‐addressing scheme. No optoelectronic conversions are needed along the network nodes, except at the source and destination nodes. Tuned transmitters or receivers are not used. The ancillary network routing management structure is dramatically reduced, together with the total network cost. Simple and efficient mechanisms to avoid optical carrier modulation inefficiency and data collision are introduced. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 34: 121–125, 2002; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.10392