A Heuristic Wavelength Assignment Algorithm for Optical Mesh Networks with Sparse Wavelength Conversion

Quang-Dzung HO  Man-Seop LEE  

Publication
IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Communications   Vol.E87-B   No.8   pp.2380-2384
Publication Date: 2004/08/01
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Print ISSN: 0916-8516
Type of Manuscript: LETTER
Category: Fiber-Optic Transmission
Keyword: 
wavelength assignment algorithm,  lightpath,  WDM,  

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Summary: 
We propose a novel wavelength assignment algorithm that can establish lightpaths requiring the least wavelength conversions by chaining a minimum number of wavelength-continuous segments. Simulations show that our algorithm outperforms both first-fit and most-used schemes with large margins. Besides, moderate computational requirement and insignificant signaling overhead are also advantages of our algorithm.