Title :
Efficient shared subconnection protection in Mixed-Line-Rate optical WDM networks
Author :
Liu, Menglin ; Tornatore, Massimo ; Mukherjee, Biswanath
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Univ. of California, Davis, CA, USA
Abstract :
Employing Mixed Line Rates (MLR) in optical WDM networks enables new paradigms for protection. We propose to design transparent MLR networks with shared subconnection protection and achieve significant cost reduction.
Keywords :
optical fibre networks; telecommunication security; wavelength division multiplexing; cost reduction; mixed-line-rate optical WDM networks; shared subconnection protection; Bit error rate; Bit rate; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; Transponders; WDM networks;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2011 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0213-6
