Multicast communication in a class of wide-sense nonblocking optical WDM networks

Proceedings - 7th International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks, ICCCN 1998

Volumn 1998-October, Issue , 1998, Pages 321-328

  Zhou, Chunling ^a   Yang, Yuanyuan ^a  

^a University of Vermont   (United States)

Author keywords

multicast; Optical networks; wavelength assignment algorithm; wavelength division multiplexing (WDM); wide sense nonblocking

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; MESH NETWORKING; MULTICASTING; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

HIGH PERFORMANCE NETWORKS; LINEAR ARRAYS; MINIMUM NUMBER OF WAVELENGTHS; MULTICAST COMMUNICATION; MULTIPLE DESTINATIONS; OPTICAL WDM NETWORKS; WAVELENGTH ASSIGNMENT ALGORITHM; WIDE SENSE NONBLOCKING;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0003608540     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICCCN.1998.998792     Document Type: Conference Paper

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