WDM optical communication networks: progress and challenges

Author

Mukherjee, Biswanath

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., California Univ., Davis, CA, USA

Volume

18

Issue

10

fYear

2000

Firstpage

1810

Lastpage

1824

Abstract

While optical-transmission techniques have been researched for quite some time, optical "networking" studies have been conducted only over the past dozen years or so. The field has matured enormously over this time: many papers and Ph.D. dissertations have been produced, a number of prototypes and testbeds have been built, several books have been written, a large number of startups have been formed, and optical WDM technology is being deployed in the marketplace at a very rapid rate. The objective of this paper is to summarize the basic optical networking approaches, report on the WDM deployment strategies of two major US carriers, and outline the current research and development trends on WDM optical networks.

Keywords

optical fibre networks; telecommunication network management; wavelength division multiplexing; US carriers; WDM deployment; WDM optical communication networks; network control; network management; optical WDM technology; optical networking; optical transmission techniques; prototypes; research and development; startups; testbeds; Asynchronous transfer mode; Bandwidth; Optical attenuators; Optical distortion; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber networks; Telecommunication traffic; Time division multiplexing; WDM networks; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Selected Areas in Communications, IEEE Journal on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8716

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/49.887904

Filename

887904