Wavelength conversion and call connection probability in WDM networks

IEEE Transactions on Communications

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1780-1787

  Frey, Michael ^a   Ndousse, Thomas ^b  

^a BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Energy ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

All optical network; Call blocking; Traffic intensity; Wavelength changer; Wavelength division multiplexing

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; BROADBAND NETWORKS; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; PROBABILITY; SINGLE MODE FIBERS; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC;

ALL-OPTICAL NETWORKS (AON); WAVELENGTH CONVERSION;

WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

EID: 0035481310     PISSN: 00906778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/26.957400     Document Type: Article

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