Optical Cross Connects Architecture with per-Node Add&Drop Functionality

Author

Ghelfi, Paolo ; Cugini, Filippo ; Potì, Luca ; Bogoni, Antonella ; Castoldi, Piero ; Di Muro, Rodolfo ; Nayar, Bimal

Author_Institution

CNIT, Pisa

fYear

2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

We propose a cost-effective implementation of reconfigurable add&drop functionality in Optical Cross Connects based on the concept of common add&drop in the node (OXC with per- Node Add&Drop, OXC-NAD). The proposed architecture constrains usable transponders wavelengths, but the analysis on significant mesh topologies demonstrates that this does not affect the behavior of the transparent networks. The OXC-NAD is shown to also significantly reduce the node cost irrespective of the nodal degree.

Keywords

optical communication equipment; optical fibre networks; optical switches; wavelength division multiplexing; OXC-NAD; node add & drop functionality; node add-and-drop; optical communication networks; optical cross connect; transparent network; transponder wavelength; Cost function; Mesh networks; Network topology; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber networks; Optical switches; Stimulated emission; Telecommunication traffic; Transponders; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

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

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.2007.4348520

Filename

4348520