LCoS-Based Wavelength-Selective Switch for Future Finer-Grid Elastic Optical Networks Capable of All-Optical 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...

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...

Limited Wavelength Conversion in All-Optical Tree Networks

Let T be a symmetric directed tree, i.e., a tree with each edge viewed as two opposite directed links. We consider the problem of routing arbitrary sets of connection requests in T. In all-optical communication tree networks with WDM (wavelength-division multiplexing) this is equivalent to color (assign wavelengths to) a given set of directed paths so that no two directed paths of the same colo...

All-Optical Wavelength Conversion: Technologies and Applications in DWDM Networks

Dense WDM technologies make effective use of the vast fiber bandwidth and offer an added dimension to all-optical networks. Wavelength conversion at key network nodes is emerging as a fundamental functionality that can allow transparent interoperability, contention resolution, wavelength routing, and, in general, better utilization of the network resources under dynamic traffic patterns. In thi...

Sparse and limited wavelength conversion in all-optical tree networks