Performance Evaluation and Experiment of a Configuration Algorithm for Three-Stage Multi-Granularity Optical Cross-Connects

Yongmin QI
Wei GUO
Yi ZHANG
Siye ZUO
Yaohui JIN
Weisheng HU

Publication
IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Communications   Vol.E89-B    No.6    pp.1747-1754
Publication Date: 2006/06/01
Online ISSN: 1745-1345
DOI: 10.1093/ietcom/e89-b.6.1747
Print ISSN: 0916-8516
Type of Manuscript: PAPER
Category: Switching for Communications
Keyword: 
multi-granularity,  optical cross-connects (OXC),  multi-functional optical switching testbed (MOST),  

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Summary: 
We study the configuration issue of three-stage multi-granularity optical cross-connects (MG-OXC) for the dynamic traffic model in all-optical networks. From the single node point of view, we propose a configuration algorithm to configure different granularity cross-connects for arrival sub-requests with different traffic types and bandwidths. The performance of the configuration algorithm is evaluated by simulation and, furthermore, is validated by experiment based on our flexible Multi-functional Optical Switching Testbed (MOST).