Design and Analysis of a Multicast-Capable Optical Cross-connect
As multicast applications become more and more popular, implementing multicast in optical domain has attracted more and more attention due to its more efficient bandwidth usage. The MC-OXC is the key for realizing multicasting at optical layer and directly affects the performance of the multicast services in WDM networks. In this paper, a novel mixed-integrated optical multicast switch for multicast-capable cross-connect is proposed. The new architecture uses power splitters for multicast connections only, allowing unicast sessions to pass without enduring unnecessary power loss. And also the performances of the MC-OXC are analyzed. We performed the cost and cost sensitivity analysis for different MC-OXCs. The results show that the proposed architecture guarantees strictly nonblocking with lower costs.
Optical multicasting OXC WDM power splitter
Chunlei zhang Weisheng Hu
School of Electronic and Information Engineering,Lanzhou Jiaotong University,88 West Anning Road,Lan State Key Lab of Advanced Optical Communication System and Networks,Shanghai Jiaotong University,800
国际会议
2008亚太光通信会议(Asia-Pacific Optical Communications 2008)
杭州
英文
2008-10-26（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）