Abstract :
Summary form only given. In a continuing effort to increase network capacity while reducing recurring capital costs, MCI is performing field trials in conjunction with two major transmission equipment manufacturers on production quality OC-192, 2 X 2 (four wavelength) bidirectional optical line amplifiers, and passive optical dispersion compensation techniques. The objective of this trial is to confirm the technology performance and identify deployment implications to the network in a field environment. The OC-192 terminals and regenerators with power amplifiers, receiver preamplifiers, bidirectional line amplifiers, and fiber Bragg grating technologies are being field tested on a 443-km route. These technologies will be deployed on all MCI fiber types (NDSF, DSF, LS). MCI does not endorse only wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) as the solution to increasing network capacity, but rather the use of the combination merits of both high-speed TDM and WDM along with bidirectional line amplification
Keywords :
diffraction gratings; high-speed optical techniques; multiplexing equipment; optical fibre networks; optical receivers; optical transmitters; power amplifiers; preamplifiers; time division multiplexing; wavelength division multiplexing; 443 km; MCI fiber types; OC-192; OC-192 regenerators; OC-192 terminals; bidirectional line amplification; bidirectional line amplifiers; bidirectional optical line amplifiers; deployment implications; fiber Bragg grating technologies; field environment; field trials; high-speed TDM; high-speed WDM; network capacity; optically amplified transport network; passive optical dispersion compensation techniques; power amplifiers; production quality; receiver preamplifiers; recurring capital costs; technology performance; time-division multiplexing; transmission equipment manufacturers; wavelength-division multiplexing; Costs; High speed optical techniques; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber networks; Optical fiber testing; Optical receivers; Power amplifiers; Repeaters; Stimulated emission; Wavelength division multiplexing;
