DocumentCode
1794144
Title
Experimental demonstration and benefits of self-healing hard-wired and synthetic ROADMs
Author
Dzanko, Matija ; Furdek, Marija ; Gonzalez, Norberto Amaya ; Zervas, Georgios ; Mikac, Branko ; Simeonidou, Dimitra
Author_Institution
Dept. of Telecommun., Univ. of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
fYear
2014
fDate
9-13 March 2014
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
3
Abstract
Novel hard-wired and synthetic ROADM architectures with self-healing capabilities are experimentally demonstrated. Simulation results show significant improvements of availability and recovery time due to node-level restoration, with reduced mean down time and operator revenue losses.
Keywords
multiplexing equipment; optical communication equipment; reconfigurable architectures; experimental demonstration; mean down time reduction; node-level restoration; reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer architecture; self-healing hard-wired ROADM; synthetic ROADM architecture; Availability; Integrated optics; Optical add-drop multiplexers; Optical network units; Optical switches; Redundancy;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2014
Conference_Location
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN
978-1-5575-2994-7
Type
conf
DOI
10.1364/OFC.2014.M2I.2
Filename
6886989
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