Title :
Novel network architectures for survivable WDM passive optical networks
Author :
Chan, Calvin C.K. ; Chen, Lian-Kuan ; Lin, Chinlon
Author_Institution :
Department of Information Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., HONG KONG
Abstract :
In this paper, several considerations in designing survivable WDM-PONs will be discussed. Several feasible protection schemes and architectures for automatic traffic restoration upon any fiber cut in WDM-PONs will be reviewed.
Keywords :
Monitoring; Optical devices; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber networks; Optical network units; Passive optical networks; Protection switching; Telecommunication traffic; WDM networks; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2008. ECOC 2008. 34th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Brussels, Belgium
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2227-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2228-9
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2008.4729392
