DocumentCode
1819303
Title
Field-deployed scalable ROADM - Cost reduction through wavelength overprovision
Author
Lam, Cedric F. ; Way, Winston I.
Author_Institution
OpVista Inc., Milpitas, CA
fYear
2009
fDate
22-26 March 2009
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
3
Abstract
We describe a field-deployed metro-WDM architecture with any-to-any wavelength connectivity. Through wavelength overprovision, it achieves low initial costs and complete flexibility without employing full ROADMs at every network node, and can be gracefully upgraded to full capacity.
Keywords
metropolitan area networks; optical fibre networks; telecommunication network topology; wavelength division multiplexing; any-to-any wavelength connectivity; cost reduction; field-deployed scalable ROADM; metro-WDM ring network architecture; wavelength overprovision; Costs; Couplers; Diode lasers; Optical fiber communication; Optical filters; Photodiodes; Probes; Protection; Switches; Transceivers; (060.2330) Fiber optics communications; (060.4230) Multiplexing; (060.4250) Networks;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber Communication - incudes post deadline papers, 2009. OFC 2009. Conference on
Conference_Location
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-2606-5
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-55752-865-0
Type
conf
Filename
5032438
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