Title :
High degree optical cross-connect based on multicast switch
Author_Institution :
Opt. Div., Alcatel-Lucent, Nozay, France
Abstract :
8×16 multicast switches enable contentionless WDM Optical Cross-Connect (OXC) as long as the node connectivity is smaller than 8. This study examines to what extent they can also suit 20-degree OXC featuring low intra-node contention.
Keywords :
multicast communication; optical switches; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM; multicast switches; optical cross-connect; Couplers; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical switches; Ports (Computers); Telecommunication traffic; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2014
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-5575-2994-7
DOI :
10.1364/OFC.2014.W2A.36
