Fractional lambda switching for flexible bandwidth provisioning in WDM networks: Principles and performance

Photonic Network Communications

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 281-296

  Grieco, Donato ^a   Pattavina, Achille ^a   Ofek, Yoram ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bandwidth provisioning; Fractional Lambda Switching; Time Driven Switching; WDM networks

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; SWITCHING CIRCUITS; SYNCHRONIZATION; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

BANDWIDTH PROVISIONING; FRACTIONAL LAMBDA SWITCHING; TIME DRIVEN SWITCHING (TDS); WDM NETWORKS;

SWITCHING THEORY;

EID: 17444388927     PISSN: 1387974X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11107-004-6433-2     Document Type: Article

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