Granularity in all-optical WDM networks

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2318-2327

  Iannone, Eugenio ^a,b,c   Sabella, Roberto ^a,d   Binetti, Stefano ^a,e  

^a IEEE   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE UGO BORDONI   (Italy)

^c Pirelli Labs SpA   (Italy)

^d Ericsson Telecomunicazioni   (Italy)

^e Consorzio Ric Sulle T ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Granularity; Routing strategies; Transmission in WDM networks; Wavelength conversion; WDM networks

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC NETWORK SYNTHESIS; OPTICAL LINKS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

ROUTING STRATEGIES;

FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS;

EID: 0032305205     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.736598     Document Type: Article

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