Title :
Characterization of the economic impact of stranded bandwidth in fixed OADM relative to ROADM networks
Author :
Wagener, J. ; Strasser, T.
Author_Institution :
Nistica Inc., Allentown, PA, USA
Abstract :
Carriers are generating business cases for deploying ROADM networks based on the elimination of wavelength blocking in FOADM networks. We quantify the real cost of stranding bandwidth in FOADM networks and determine optimum network size depending on the traffic patterns.
Keywords :
multiplexing; optical fibre networks; telecommunication traffic; economic impact; fixed optical add-drop module; optimum network size; reconfigurable optical add drop multiplexer networks; stranding bandwidth; traffic patterns; Bandwidth; Costs; Intelligent networks; Optical add-drop multiplexers; Optical fiber networks; Optical films; Optical filters; Optical sensors; Telecommunication traffic; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. OFC 2006
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-803-9
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2006.215764
