Wavelength Routing and Assignment in a Survivable WDM Mesh Network

• Published in: Operations research Vol. 51; no. 1; pp. 67 - 79
• Main Authors: Kennington, Jeffery, Olinick, Eli, Ortynski, Augustyn, Spiride, Gheorghe
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Linthicum INFORMS 01.01.2003; Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences
• Subjects: Algorithms; Analysis; Assignment problem; Bandwidths; Design; Designers; Fiber optics; Heuristic; Heuristics; Integers; Iterative solutions; Linear programming; Management science; Mathematical intervals; Mathematical rings; Minimization of cost; Network design: provisioning; Operations research; Optical networks: wavelength routing; Photonics; Studies; Telecommunications industry; Traffic; Traffic congestion; Wave division multiplexing; Wavelengths; United States

All-optical networks with wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) capabilities are prime candidates for future wide-area backbone networks. The simplified processing and management of these very high bandwidth networks make them very attractive. A procedure for designing low cost WDM networks is the...