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Quantifying the Impact of DWDM Nodes with Flexible Add/Drop Port Utilization for Dynamic Connection Setup

Pedro, J. M. ; Pato, S.

Quantifying the Impact of DWDM Nodes with Flexible Add/Drop Port Utilization for Dynamic Connection Setup, Proc OSA Optical Fiber Communications - OFC, Los Angeles, United States, Vol. --, pp. -- - --, March, 2012.

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Abstract
DWDM transport networks are evolving towards dynamic setup/rerouting of optical connections. This paper quantifies the impact of optical node architecture and traffic variability on the network blocking probability and transponder count requirements.