Title :
A novel, low cost optical packet metropolitan ring architecture
Author :
Le Sauze, N. ; Dupas, A. ; Dotaro, E. ; Ciavaglia, L. ; Nizam, M.H.M. ; Ge, A. ; Dembeck, L.
Author_Institution :
Alcatel Res. & Innovation, Marcoussis, France
Abstract :
We propose a new WDM passive optical-packet ring design for metropolitan applications. We argue the network performance and physical feasibility of such a network with up 160 Gbit/s capacity and 210 km of perimeter.
Keywords :
costing; optical fibre networks; packet switching; wavelength division multiplexing; 160 Gbit/s; 210 km; WDM; cost analysis; data traffic; metropolitan ring architecture; optical packet ring; resource utilisation optimisation; Costs; Ethernet networks; Optical buffering; Optical crosstalk; Optical design; Optical fiber networks; Optical filters; Optical packet switching; Optical transmitters; Telecommunication traffic;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2001. ECOC '01. 27th European Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6705-7
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2001.989052
