Abstract
We consider the problem of traffic grooming in
wavelength-division-multiplexing rings with all-to-all uniform traffic. Our
objective is to minimize the total number of electronic add-drop multiplexers (ADMs)
required. We derive explicit optimal solutions for two special cases: one with a
traffic granularity of 4 and the other with 16. When the traffic granularity is
equal to 4, we also show that the minimum number of ADMs can be achieved either with
the minimum number of wavelengths, a result that was conjectured in earlier research
[J. Lightwave Technol. 18, 2 (2000)], or with ADMs uniformly placed among nodes. Our
results here are among the few in which analytically tractable optimal solutions are
obtained for the traffic grooming problem. Our solutions provide insight as well as
valuable tools for evaluating other approximate and heuristic algorithms.
© Optical Society of America
PDF Article
More Like This
Cited By
You do not have subscription access to this journal. Cited by links are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an Optica member, or as an authorized user of your institution.
Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Login to access Optica Member Subscription