All-optical networks with sparse wavelength conversion

Sparse-Partial Wavelength Conversion in Wavelength-Routed All-Optical Networks

Wavelength conversion has been shown as one of the key techniques that can improve the blocking performance in a wavelength-routed all-optical network. Given that wavelength converters nowadays are still very expensive, how to make effective use of the limited number of wavelength converters becomes an important issue. In this paper, we propose a novel sparse-partial wavelength conversion (SPWC...

Sparse and limited wavelength conversion in all-optical tree networks

Routing in all-optical DWDM networks with sparse wavelength conversion capabilities

This work focuses on the Routing and Wavelength Assignment (RWA) problem in all-optical DWDM networks with Sparse Wavelength Conversion (SWC) capabilities. By sparse wavelength conversion, we mean that nodes within the optical network domain might or might not support optical wavelength conversion. For these nodes that support optical wavelength conversion, the number of wavelength converters m...

Fuzzy-Based RWA Engine for All-Optical DWDM Backbone Networks with Sparse Wavelength Conversion Capabilities

In this paper, we propose a novel fuzzy-based framework for routing and wavelength assignment in alloptical DWDM backbone networks with sparse wavelength conversion capabilities. While most of the previous work in this field focuses on optical networks without wavelength conversion with full wavelength conversion capabilities, in this work we study networks with sparse wavelength conversion res...

Performance of All-Optical Networks with Limited-Range Wavelength Conversion

Previous works have shown that wavelength conversion can considerably improve the performance in all–optical networks. However, it is an unrealistic assumption under the current technology and wavelength conversion with a limited range, not a full range, is more promising. In this paper, we propose a new analytic approach for such networks by virtue of the layered–graph where each wavelength is...