DocumentCode
608569
Title
Contention resolution within colorless and directionless ROADM
Author
Way, W.I. ; Ji, Philip ; Patel, Ankitkumar
Author_Institution
NeoPhotonics Inc., Fremont, CA, USA
fYear
2013
fDate
17-21 March 2013
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
3
Abstract
A conventional colorless and directionless ROADM architecture is modified to achieve contention-free performance without relying on external transponders and OTN switches, and can achieve a smaller size and lower power consumption than those of a conventional CDC ROADM.
Keywords
optical fibre networks; optical switches; OTN switches; colorless ROADM architecture; contention resolution; directionless ROADM architecture; Erbium-doped fiber amplifiers; Optical fibers; Optical switches; Ports (Computers); Transponders; Wavelength division multiplexing;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFC/NFOEC), 2013
Conference_Location
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN
978-1-4799-0457-0
Type
conf
Filename
6532709
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