Efficient Multicast Bandwidth Allocation in TDM-WDM PONs

MARCO ALFANI; JORGE M. FINOCHIETTO; FABIO NERI

San Diego, CA -- USA

Conferencia; IEEE/OSA Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC); 2009

IEEE/OSA

<!-- @page { size: 8.27in 11.69in; margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --> We consider multicast video distribution in WDM PONs assuming that ONUs can tune to at most one wavelength and request multiple video streams. We study the receivers’ allocation to WDM channels minimizing video streams duplications. <!-- @page { size: 8.27in 11.69in; margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } -->