Optical Path Routing in an Optical Communications Network

摘要

Routing method for paths in an optical network that includes nodes having limited conversion and/or regeneration capability and in which a routing algorithm based on considerations of cost of the links is employed and in which with the nodes is associated cost information that includes conversion and/or regeneration costs. Such conversion and/or regeneration cost information is considered in the routing algorithm together with the other cost information for calculation of the routings.