Mixed 10/40/100-Gb/s transmission through bandwidth-managed ROADMs

Author

Chandrasekhar, S. ; Liu, X.

Author_Institution

Bell Labs., Alcatel-Lucent, Holmdel, NJ

fYear

2008

fDate

7-10 July 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

We survey reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexer (ROADM) architectures that enable efficient and flexible bandwidth utilization in dense wavelength division multiplexed (DWDM) systems. Recent system demonstrations showing the potential of in-service capacity upgrade by using mixed 10-Gb/s, 40-Gb/s, and 100-Gb/s channels in a same network are reviewed.

Keywords

multiplexing equipment; optical communication equipment; reconfigurable architectures; wavelength division multiplexing; DWDM systems; ROADM architectures; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; bit rate 100 Gbit/s; bit rate 40 Gbit/s; dense wavelength division multiplexed systems; flexible bandwidth utilization; reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexer architectures; Add-drop multiplexers; Band pass filters; Bandwidth; Channel spacing; Optical add-drop multiplexers; Optical fiber networks; Optical filters; Passband; Telecommunication traffic; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference, 2008 and the 2008 Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology. OECC/ACOFT 2008. Joint conference of the

Conference_Location

Sydney

Print_ISBN

978-0-85825-807-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-0-85825-807-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OECCACOFT.2008.4610626

Filename

4610626