Title :
Evaluation of optical amplifier robustness against covert QoS attacks in a point-to-point DWDM link
Author :
Deng, Tao ; Subramaniam, Suresh
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., George Washington Univ., DC, USA
Abstract :
This paper presents three covert QoS attacking scenarios in a DWDM link. The robustness of optical amplifiers against these attacks is evaluated based on their incorporated gain-clamping and power-equalization functionalities.
Keywords :
optical communication equipment; optical fibre amplifiers; quality of service; telecommunication security; wavelength division multiplexing; QoS attacking scenarios; gain-clamping functionalities; optical amplifier robustness; point-to-point DWDM link; power-equalization functionalities; quality of service; Optical amplifiers; Optical attenuators; Optical devices; Optical feedback; Optical filters; Optical pumping; Robustness; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2005. Technical Digest. OFC/NFOEC
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-783-0
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2005.192640
