Optimization of splitting node placement in wavelength-routed optical networks

IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1571-1579

  Ali, Maher ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Heuristics; Multicasting; Optical networking; Routing and wavelength assignment

Indexed keywords

POWER SPLITTERS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEURISTIC METHODS; ITERATIVE METHODS; MULTICASTING; OPTIMIZATION; ROUTERS; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

WIDE AREA NETWORKS;

EID: 0036800733     PISSN: 07338716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSAC.2002.803990     Document Type: Article

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