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Crosstalk-Aware Routing, Core, and Wavelength Assignment in MCF-based SDM-QKD Optical Networks

Haibin Huang, Yushu Zhang, Zhang De, Guanghong Liu

Published Jan 1, 2020• 1 citation

Abstract

A crosstalk-aware routing, core, and wavelength assignment mechanism is proposed for MCF-based SDM-QKD optical networks. The simulation results show that the accept ratio of requests is efficiently improved.

DOI: 10.1364/acpc.2020.m4a.188

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