• DocumentCode
    1794153
  • Title

    Hardware scale and performance evaluation of compact OXC add/drop architecture

  • Author

    Ishida, Hiroto ; Hasegawa, Hiroshi ; Sato, Ken-ichi

  • Author_Institution
    Nagoya Univ., Nagoya, Japan
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    9-13 March 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We propose a novel add/drop architecture that suits large-scale optical cross-connect (OXC) nodes with subsystem modular architecture. Substantial hardware reduction is attained while the throughput offset is shown to be marginal.
  • Keywords
    multiplexing equipment; optical fibre communication; optical switches; compact OXC add-drop architecture; hardware reduction; hardware scale; large-scale optical cross-connect nodes; performance evaluation; subsystem modular architecture; throughput offset; Computer architecture; Hardware; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber networks; Ports (Computers);
  • 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.W1C.7
  • Filename
    6886993