Optical Fast Circuit Switching Networks Employing Dynamic Waveband Tunnel

Takahiro OGAWA, Hiroshi HASEGAWA, Ken-ichi SATO
2012 IEICE transactions on communications  
We propose a novel dynamic hierarchical optical path network architecture that achieves efficient optical fast circuit switching. In order to complete wavelength path setup/teardown efficiently, the proposed network adaptively manages waveband paths and bundles of optical paths, which provide virtual mesh connectivity between node pairs for wavelength paths. Numerical experiments show that operational and facility costs are significantly reduced by employing the adaptive virtual waveband
more » ... ions. key words: hierarchical optical path network, optical circuit switching, routing and wavelength assignment, waveband, dynamic control
doi:10.1587/transcom.e95.b.3139 fatcat:iv3isanrmverxpsfvmq5ykaghm