• DocumentCode
    1793234
  • Title

    Optical super-channels in long-haul network architectures

  • Author

    Clarke, Steven ; Asselin, Serge ; Vakili, Arash

  • Author_Institution
    Ciena Corp, Ottawa, ON, Canada
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    9-13 March 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    Network efficiency is compared for 500Gb/s super-channel and 100Gb/s single-wavelength systems. Results show that exclusively using 500Gb/s systems requires 1.7x to 2.6x more network capacity for the same service demands and introduces network scalability concerns.
  • Keywords
    telecommunication network reliability; telecommunication services; bit rate 100 Gbit/s; bit rate 500 Gbit/s; long-haul network architectures; network efficiency; network scalability concerns; optical super-channels; service demands; single-wavelength systems; Optical fibers; Optical network units; Optical pulse shaping; Optical switches; Optical transmitters;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2014
  • Conference_Location
    San Francisco, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-5575-2994-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1364/OFC.2014.M2B.4
  • Filename
    6886522
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1793234