• DocumentCode
    2328128
  • Title

    A novel, low cost optical packet metropolitan ring architecture

  • Author

    Le Sauze, N. ; Dupas, A. ; Dotaro, E. ; Ciavaglia, L. ; Nizam, M.H.M. ; Ge, A. ; Dembeck, L.

  • Author_Institution
    Alcatel Res. & Innovation, Marcoussis, France
  • Volume
    6
  • fYear
    2001
  • fDate
    2001
  • Firstpage
    66
  • Abstract
    We propose a new WDM passive optical-packet ring design for metropolitan applications. We argue the network performance and physical feasibility of such a network with up 160 Gbit/s capacity and 210 km of perimeter.
  • Keywords
    costing; optical fibre networks; packet switching; wavelength division multiplexing; 160 Gbit/s; 210 km; WDM; cost analysis; data traffic; metropolitan ring architecture; optical packet ring; resource utilisation optimisation; Costs; Ethernet networks; Optical buffering; Optical crosstalk; Optical design; Optical fiber networks; Optical filters; Optical packet switching; Optical transmitters; Telecommunication traffic;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communication, 2001. ECOC '01. 27th European Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-6705-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ECOC.2001.989052
  • Filename
    989052