Multiple-star wavelength-router network and its protection strategy

IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1134-1144

  Hill, Alan M ^b   Brierley, Mike ^b,d   Percival, R Michael ^b,e,f,g,h,i   Wyatt, Richard ^b   Pitcher, Danny ^b,j,k,l   Ibrahim Pati, Khairul M ^b   Hall, Ian ^b   Laude, Jean Pierre ^a,c  

^a IEEE

^b MARTLESHAM HEATH   (United Kingdom)

^c ISA Jobin Yvon   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^h Institute of Physics

ⁱ Institute of Electrical Engineers

^j Wafer Fabrication Unit

^k Wafer Fabrication Unit ^*

^l Submarine Systems Division

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Author keywords

Fiber requirements; Multiple star network; N N wavelength multiplexer; Network management; Optical transport; Protection strategy; Protection switching; Resilience; Traffic management; Traffic matrix; Wavelength router; WDM ADM ring

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); CONGESTION CONTROL (COMMUNICATION); MULTIPLEXING EQUIPMENT; OPTICAL SWITCHES; ROUTERS; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

MULTIPLE-STAR WAVELENGTH-ROUTER NETWORK;

FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS;

EID: 0032157817     PISSN: 07338716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/49.725184     Document Type: Article

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