Title :
Optical Transport Networks: Current Challenges and Solutions for the Future
Author_Institution :
NTT Network Innovation Labs., Yokosuka
Abstract :
Today carriers are introducing core routers that have 10 or 40 Gb/s trunk interfaces. Recently, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers has initiated discussion on higher rate Ethernet interface standard such as 100 Gb/s.
Keywords :
fault diagnosis; optical fibre LAN; optical fibre networks; resource allocation; telecommunication network planning; WDM channels; fault detection; low symbol rate; narrow bandwidth; network planning; optical transport networks; physical layer; reconfigurable transparent optical mesh network; resource allocation; Costs; Optical fiber networks; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Repeaters; Resource virtualization; Spine; Stimulated emission; Telecommunication traffic; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Global Telecommunications Conference, 2008. IEEE GLOBECOM 2008. IEEE
Conference_Location :
New Orleans, LO
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2324-8
DOI :
10.1109/GLOCOM.2008.ECP.1053
