Title :
Digital Protection for Ethernet and Video Transport Oriented Metro Optical Networks
Author :
Vusirikala, Vijay ; Melle, Serge
Author_Institution :
Infinera, Sunnyvale
Abstract :
We describe a digital protection scheme based on integrated sub-wavelength switching that is optimized for Ethernet and video-transport oriented metro optical networks. Results from a quantitative analysis illustrate the significant benefits over traditional protection methods.
Keywords :
metropolitan area networks; optical fibre LAN; telecommunication switching; video communication; Ethernet; digital protection scheme; quantitative analysis; subwavelength switching; video-transport oriented metro optical network; Costs; Ethernet networks; Fabrics; High speed optical techniques; Integrated optics; Optical fiber networks; Protection; SONET; Telecommunication traffic; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2007. OFC/NFOEC 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-831-4
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2007.4348509
