Optimal design of multihop multirate WDM rings

Isabella Cerutti; Andrea F. Fumagalli

doi:10.1117/12.402537

5 October 2000 Optimal design of multihop multirate WDM rings

Isabella Cerutti, Andrea F. Fumagalli

Proceedings Volume 4213, Terabit Optical Networking: Architecture, Control, and Management Issues; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.402537
Event: Information Technologies 2000, 2000, Boston, MA, United States

Abstract

Transparency of the optical layer offers the possibility to design a network that operates at varying transmission bit rates. While variable bit rate interfaces are being tested and will soon provide the possibility to optimally select the transmission rate for each optical channel, the potential advantages of relying upon multiple transmission rates in the optical network have yet to be fully explored. In this paper we define the concept of Multi-op and Multi-rate (M&M for short) network in which the tributary signal is transmitted over a concatenation of optical channels, with each optical channel operating at its own transmission rate. The optical rate of each optical channel is determined by a number of factors including the end node's interface, amount of multiplexed traffic and cost of the network components. The potential advantages provided by the M&M network when compared to first generation optical networks (i.e., SONET/SDH), to single- and multi-hop (constant bit rate) optical networks, are discussed in general and demonstrated numerically in a WDM ring. Presented results show that the network cost reduction achieved by the M&M design is a function of the cost ratio between the optical bandwidth (wavelengths) and the optical terminals.

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Isabella Cerutti and Andrea F. Fumagalli "Optimal design of multihop multirate WDM rings", Proc. SPIE 4213, Terabit Optical Networking: Architecture, Control, and Management Issues, (5 October 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.402537

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