Title :
Studies on optical digital cross-connect systems for very-high-speed optical communications networks
Author :
Matsumoto, Takao ; Jinno, Masahiko ; Kimura, Kazuo ; Noguchi, Kazuhiro
Author_Institution :
NTT Transmission Syst. Labs., Kanagawa, Japan
Abstract :
Optical time- and wavelength-domain paths in future very-high-speed optical communications networks are discussed taking into account trends in current optical transmission and optical signal processing technologies. It is important to investigate optical STM cross-connect systems for time-domain paths in the earlier research phase to ensure the deployment of optical cross-connect technology. The configuration of an optical cross-connect system and the issues that need to be investigated are presented. We also report, for the first time, a preliminary experiment of an optical STM cross-connect system, using 20 Gbit/s optical signals
Keywords :
digital communication; optical fibre communication; optical fibre networks; optical information processing; optical switches; 20 Gbit/s; optical STM cross-connect system; optical communications networks; optical digital cross-connect systems; optical fiber communications networks; optical signal processing; optical signals; optical transmission; time-domain paths; very high speed networks; Communication networks; High speed optical techniques; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; Optical interconnections; Optical modulation; Optical signal processing; Stimulated emission; Transmission lines;
Conference_Titel :
Communications, 1994. ICC '94, SUPERCOMM/ICC '94, Conference Record, 'Serving Humanity Through Communications.' IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
New Orleans, LA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1825-0
DOI :
10.1109/ICC.1994.368939
