scholarly journals Physical Layer Impairments in the Optimization of the Next-Generation of All-Optical Networks

10.5772/26438 ◽  
2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Javier E.
Keyword(s):  
Optical Networks ◽  
Physical Layer ◽  
Next Generation ◽  
All Optical ◽  
Physical Layer Impairments

Impact of physical layer impairments in all-optical networks

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helder A. Pereira ◽  
Daniel A. R. Chaves ◽  
Carmelo J. A. Bastos-Filho ◽  
Joaquim F. Martins-Filho
Keyword(s):  
Optical Networks ◽  
Physical Layer ◽  
All Optical ◽  
Physical Layer Impairments

scholarly journals Energy-efficient PLIA-RWA algorithms for transparent optical networks

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Andrew Mutsvangwa
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Optical Networks ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Physical Layer ◽  
Transparent Optical Networks ◽  
Blocking Probabilities ◽  
All Optical ◽  
Physical Layer Impairments ◽  
To Come

The tremendous growth in the volume of telecommunication traffic has undoubtedly triggered an unprecedented information revolution. The emergence of high-speed and bandwidth-hungry applications and services such as high-definition television (HDTV), the internet and online interactive media has forced the telecommunication industry to come up with ingenious and innovative ideas to match the challenges. With the coming of age of purposeful advances in Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) technology, it is inherently practicany possible to deploy ultra-high speed all-optical networks to meet the ever-increasing demand for modern telecommunication services. All-optical networks are capable of transmitting data signals entirely in the optical domain from source to destination, and thus eliminate the incorporation of the often bulky and high-energy consuming optical­ to-electrical-to-optical (OEO) converters at intermediate nodes. Predictably, all-optical networks consume appreciably low energy as compared to their opaque and translucent counterparts. This low energy consumption results in lower carbon footprint of these networks, and thus a significant reduction in the greenhouse gases (GHGs) emission. In addition, transparent optical networks bring along other additional and favourable rewards such as high bit-rates and overall protocol transparency. Bearing in mind the aforementioned benefits of transparent optical networks, it is vital to point out that there are significant setbacks that accompany these otherwise glamourous rewards. Since OEO conversions are eliminated at intermediate nodes in all-optical networks, the quality of the transmitted signal from source to destination may be severely degraded mainly due to the cumulative effect of physical-layer impairments induced by the passage through the optical fibres and associated network components. It is therefore essential to come up with routing schemes that effectively take into consideration the signal degrading effects of physical -layer impairments so as to safeguard the integrity and health of transmitted signals, and eventually lower blocking probabilities. Furthermore, innovative approaches need to be put in place so as to strike a delicate balance between reduced energy consumption in transparent networks and the quality of transmitted signals. In addition, the incorporation of renewable energy sources in the powering of network devices appears to gain prominence in the design and operation of the next-generation optical networks. The work presented in this dissertation broadly focuses on physical-layer impairment aware routing and wavelength assignment algorithms (PLIA-RWA) that attempt to: (i) achieve a sufficiently high quality of transmission by lowering the blocking probability, and (ii) reduce the energy consumption in the optical networks. Our key contributions of this study may be summarized as follows: Design and development of a Q-factor estimation tool. Formulation, evaluation and validation of a QoT-based analytical model that computes blocking probabilities. Proposal and development of IA-RWA algorithms and comparison with established ones. Design and development of energy-efficient RWA schemes for dynamic optical networks.

scholarly journals Elastic All-Optical Networks: A New Paradigm Enabled by the Physical Layer. How to Optimize Network Performances?

2017 ◽  
Vol 35 (6) ◽  
pp. 1211-1221 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vittorio Curri ◽  
Mattia Cantono ◽  
Roberto Gaudino
Keyword(s):  
Optical Networks ◽  
Physical Layer ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
All Optical

Phenomenological Formula for Modelling of Physical Layer Impairments in Elastic Optical Networks

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suhail Najm Al-Awis ◽  
Richard Schatz ◽  
Xiaodan Pang ◽  
Oskars Ozolins ◽  
Gunnar Jacobsen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Optical Networks ◽  
Physical Layer ◽  
Physical Layer Impairments

scholarly journals Performance Evaluation of Survivability Strategies for Elastic Optical Networks under Physical Layer Impairments

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jurandir Lacerda Jr ◽  
Alexandre Fontinele ◽  
Igo Moura ◽  
André Soares
Keyword(s):  
Performance Evaluation ◽  
Optical Networks ◽  
Blocking Probability ◽  
Optical Network ◽  
Evaluation Study ◽  
Physical Layer ◽  
Elastic Optical Network ◽  
Physical Layer Impairments ◽  
A Performance

This paper carried out a performance evaluation study that compares two survivability strategies (DPP and SM-RSA) for elastic optical networks with and without physical layer impairments. The evaluated scenarios include three representative topologies for elastic optical network, NSFNET, EON and USA. It also analyzes the increase of blocking probability when the survivability strategies are evaluated under the realistic scenario that assumes physical layer impairments. For all studied topologies under physical layer impairments, the survivability strategies achieved blocking probability above 80%.

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