Title :
Optical transmission evolution: From digital to analog to? Network tradeoffs between optical transparency and reduced regeneration cost
Author_Institution :
CIENA Corp., Linthicum, MD, USA
Abstract :
Recent technology developments have made high-capacity long-distance optical transmission routine out to several thousand kilometers, bringing the ideal of an optically transparent network closer than ever before. At the same time, advances in semiconductor processing and packaging have made it possible to achieve compact, very low cost optoelectronic building blocks. The objective of this workshop is to examine these technology trends to understand how they compete or cooperate to increase network performance while reducing cost.
Keywords :
cost reduction; optical fibre networks; transparency; optical network transparency; reduced generation cost; All-optical networks; Costs; Optical add-drop multiplexers; Optical fiber networks; Power generation; Power generation economics; Repeaters; Space heating; WDM networks; Wavelength division multiplexing; Reduced cost; regeneration; transparent optical networks (TONs);
Journal_Title :
Lightwave Technology, Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JLT.2004.840030
