DocumentCode
2399956
Title
Transparent optical metropolitan-area networks
Author
Cantrell, C.D.
Author_Institution
PhoTEC, Texas Univ., Richardson, TX, USA
Volume
2
fYear
2003
fDate
27-28 Oct. 2003
Firstpage
608
Abstract
Transparent WDM optical networks offer great promise in terms of reducing equipment and operating costs in metropolitan-area and regional-area networks.
Keywords
cost reduction; metropolitan area networks; optical fibre networks; wavelength division multiplexing; equipment cost reduction; operating cost reduction; regional-area network; transparent WDM optical network; transparent optical metropolitan-area network; All-optical networks; Costs; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber networks; Optical modulation; Optical noise; Signal to noise ratio; Telecommunications; Wavelength conversion; Wavelength division multiplexing;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2003. LEOS 2003. The 16th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
ISSN
1092-8081
Print_ISBN
0-7803-7888-1
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/LEOS.2003.1252947
Filename
1252947
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