Modularity requirements for optical cross-connects in transport networks

Author

Sabella, R. ; Iannone, E.

Author_Institution

Ericsson Telecommun., Rome, Italy

Volume

2

fYear

1996

fDate

18-21 Nov 1996

Firstpage

316

Abstract

The introduction of an optical path layer in the transport network allows the improving of the transport nodes processing capability, through wavelength routing , besides increase in point-to-point transmission capacity granted by wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) technique. A generic node of a transport network could be designed as an optical crossconnect (OXC) interfacing a digital cross-connect (DXC). In this paper we distinguish between low, medium and high degree of modularity, and discuss the modularity for some relevant OXC architectures. Moreover a new highly modular OXC architecture is proposed

Keywords

optical fibre networks; optical interconnections; photonic switching systems; telecommunication network routing; wavelength division multiplexing; OXC architectures; WDM); digital cross-connect; generic node; highly modular OXC architecture; modularity requirements; optical cross-connects; optical crossconnect; optical fibre networks; optical path layer; point-to-point transmission capacity; telecommunication network routing; transport network; transport networks; transport nodes; wavelength division multiplexing; wavelength routing; Distributed control; Doped fiber amplifiers; High speed optical techniques; Intelligent networks; Optical fiber networks; Optical filters; Optical transmitters; Optical wavelength conversion; Routing; WDM networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1996. LEOS 96., IEEE

Conference_Location

Boston, MA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3160-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.1996.571793

Filename

571793