• DocumentCode
    2014122
  • Title

    Characterization of the economic impact of stranded bandwidth in fixed OADM relative to ROADM networks

  • Author

    Wagener, J. ; Strasser, T.

  • Author_Institution
    Nistica Inc., Allentown, PA, USA
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    5-10 March 2006
  • Abstract
    Carriers are generating business cases for deploying ROADM networks based on the elimination of wavelength blocking in FOADM networks. We quantify the real cost of stranding bandwidth in FOADM networks and determine optimum network size depending on the traffic patterns.
  • Keywords
    multiplexing; optical fibre networks; telecommunication traffic; economic impact; fixed optical add-drop module; optimum network size; reconfigurable optical add drop multiplexer networks; stranding bandwidth; traffic patterns; Bandwidth; Costs; Intelligent networks; Optical add-drop multiplexers; Optical fiber networks; Optical films; Optical filters; Optical sensors; Telecommunication traffic; Wavelength division multiplexing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. OFC 2006
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-803-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2006.215764
  • Filename
    1636795