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
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