Photonic integration and bandwidth virtualization for transport of 40 Gb/s and 100 Gb/s services on next-generation long haul networks

Author

Grubb, Steve ; Melle, Serge ; Dodd, Rick ; Liou, Chris ; Vusirikala, Vijay ; Welch, Dave

Author_Institution

Infinera, Annapolis, MD

fYear

2008

fDate

21-23 July 2008

Firstpage

223

Lastpage

224

Abstract

This paper describes how bandwidth virtualization can enable transmission of ultra-high bandwidth 40 Gb/s and 100 Gb/s services over existing optical transport networks independently of the underlying network infrastructure. Two real world examples are highlighted: transport of a 40 Gb/s service over an 8,477 km transoceanic network, and transmission of a 100 GbE service over 4,000 km on a terrestrial network carrying live customer traffic.

Keywords

optical fibre networks; telecommunication traffic; bandwidth virtualization; bit rate 100 Gbit/s; bit rate 40 Gbit/s; network infrastructure; next-generation long haul networks; optical transport networks; photonic integration; terrestrial network; transoceanic network; Bandwidth; Costs; Disruption tolerant networking; High speed optical techniques; Next generation networking; Optical fiber cables; Optical fiber testing; Telecommunication traffic; USA Councils; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

IEEE/LEOS Summer Topical Meetings, 2008 Digest of the

Conference_Location

Acapulco

ISSN

1099-4742

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1925-8

Electronic_ISBN

1099-4742

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOSST.2008.4590570

Filename

4590570