Scope - Introduction
- Design and signalling for optical multicast-capable networks (transparent and all-optical)
- Optical multicast growth due to optical splitters availability (1:2 - 1:4)
- Optical multicast refers to point-to-multipoint connectivity: LIGHT-TREE
- Architecture of OMcN (Optical Multicast-capable Networks):
- Minimize number of hops (splitters - amplifiers - transceivers)
- Maintain optical power budget
- Minimize blocking probability - Solve RWA Problem
- Maximize the optical network resources usage