DocumentCode
450256
Title
Assessment of economical interest of transparent switching
Author
Staessens, Dimitri ; Audouin, Oliver ; Verbrugge, Sofie ; Colle, Didier ; Pickavet, Mario ; Demeester, Piet
Author_Institution
Dept. of Inf. Technol., Ghent Univ., Belgium
Volume
4
fYear
2005
fDate
25-29 Sept. 2005
Firstpage
861
Abstract
This paper evaluates the node cost reduction expected from introducing transparent switching into a pan-European network. The cost reduction is given as a function of the OXC/PXC cost ratio and the maximum transparency length.
Keywords
cost reduction; optical communication equipment; optical fibre networks; optical interconnections; optical switches; transparency; cost ratio; economical interest assessment; node cost reduction; optical crossconnect; pan-European network; photonic crossconnect; transparency length; transparent switching;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
iet
Conference_Titel
Optical Communication, 2005. ECOC 2005. 31st European Conference on
Conference_Location
IET
ISSN
0537-9989
Print_ISBN
0-86341-543-1
Type
conf
Filename
1584233
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