Cost-effective upgrade of WDM all-optical networks using overlay fibres and hop reduction links

Abstract

Fibre overlay is a cost-effective technique to alleviate wavelength blocking in some links of a wavelength-routed optical network by increasing the number of wavelengths in those links. In this letter, we investigate the effects of overlaying fibre in an all-optical network (AON) based on GÉANT2 topology. The constraint-based routing and wavelength assignment (CB-RWA) algorithm locates where cost-efficient upgrades should be implemented. Through numerical examples, we demonstrate that the network capacity improves by 25 per cent by overlaying fibre on 10 per cent of the links, and by 12 per cent by providing hop reduction links comprising 2 per cent of the links. For the upgraded network, we also show the impact of dynamic traffic allocation on the blocking probability. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Publication ISSN: 1124-318X
Last Modified: 23 Oct 2019 12:54
Date Deposited: 29 Apr 2013 08:17
Published Date: 2010-10
Authors: Farjady, Farsheed
Kim, Kyeong Soo (Joseph)
El Dahdah, Nayla
Doran, Nick J.

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