Title :
Effects of chromatic dispersion and self-phase modulation in multihop multirate WDM rings
Author :
Cerutti, Isabella ; Fumagalli, Andrea ; Potasek, Mary J.
Author_Institution :
Texas Univ., Richardson, TX, USA
fDate :
3/1/2002 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
When compared to first generation and single-hop optical networks, multihop and multirate (M&M) networks have the advantage of significantly reducing network cost under a variety of wavelength-to-terminal cost ratios. This letter investigates how fiber chromatic dispersion and self-phase modulation may affect such cost reduction in M&M wavelength-division-multiplexing rings.
Keywords :
optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre networks; self-phase modulation; telecommunication network planning; wavelength division multiplexing; M&M networks; M&M wavelength-division-multiplexing rings; WDM networks; chromatic dispersion; cost reduction; fiber chromatic dispersion; fiber self-phase modulation; multihop multirate WDM rings; multihop multirate networks; network cost; self-phase modulation; single-hop optical networks; wavelength-to-terminal cost ratios; Bandwidth; Chromatic dispersion; Costs; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber networks; Spread spectrum communication; Telecommunication traffic; Wavelength division multiplexing; Wavelength routing;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
