Title :
Demonstration of distributed mesh restoration and auto-provisioning in a WDM network using a large optical cross-connect
Author :
Agrawal, N. ; Tentarelli, E.S. ; Jackman, N.A. ; Zhang, L. ; Korotky, S.K. ; Lee, B.H. ; Baroni, S. ; Comissiong, B.M. ; Hitchcock, J.M. ; Bing, Y.R. ; Hickey, J.P. ; Gottlieb, A.M. ; Bhalla, K.S. ; van Blarcum, T.W. ; Neilson, D.T. ; Giles, C.R. ; Aksyuk
Author_Institution :
Lucent Technol. Bell Labs., Holmdel, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We report the first demonstration of distributed restoration and auto-provisioning for the WDM mesh network, using four nodes, five links, and twelve 2.5 Gb/s unidirectional demands. The measured restoration time is <50 ms.
Keywords :
optical fibre networks; optical interconnections; telecommunication network reliability; wavelength division multiplexing; Gb/s unidirectional demands; WDM mesh network; WDM network; auto-provisioning; distributed mesh restoration; large optical cross-connect; measured restoration time; Availability; Costs; Databases; Intelligent networks; Large-scale systems; Mesh networks; Optical fiber networks; Optical network units; SONET; WDM networks;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2000
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-630-3
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2000.869483
