@article{615f8e25d6b543118f993af249a0c9ec,
title = "Min-cost max-flow characterization of shared-FDL optical switches",
abstract = "We characterize the assignment of shared fiber delay loops (FDLs) in optical switches as a min-cost max-flow problem to obtain a bound on their optimum performance.",
keywords = "FDLs, Max-flow, OPS, Scheduling algorithms",
author = "M. Rodelgo-Lacruz and C. L{\'o}pez-Bravo and Gonz{\'a}lez-Casta{\~n}o, {F. J.} and F. Gil-Casti{\~n}eira and Chao, {H. J.}",
note = "Funding Information: ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The work described in this paper was carried out with the support of the BONE-project (“Building the Future Optical Network in Europe”), a Network of Excellence funded by the European Commission through the 7th ICT-Framework Programme, and the support of grants TEC2007-67966-C03-02 CON-PARTE 2 (Spanish Ministry of Education and Science) and PGIDIT08TIC010CT MIND-GAP-5 (Xunta de Galicia).",
year = "2009",
doi = "10.1109/LCOMM.2009.081942",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "13",
pages = "543--545",
journal = "IEEE Communications Letters",
issn = "1089-7798",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
number = "7",
}