Reconfigurability issues in metro DWDM networks

Author

Turkcu, Onur ; Alnaimi, Majid ; Subramaniam, Suresh

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., George Washington Univ., Washington, DC

fYear

2007

fDate

17-18 Dec. 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

With increasing packet-based traffic in metro networks, fast reconfigurability is becoming a requirement for optical networks. Since manual reconfiguration could take weeks, carriers are upgrading their SONET/SDH infrastructures with reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexers (ROADMs) and tunable optical filters. This paper looks at the issue of the impact of reconfigurability on a network´s performance.

Keywords

SONET; multiplexing equipment; optical communication; optical filters; synchronous digital hierarchy; telecommunication traffic; wavelength division multiplexing; SONET/SDH infrastructures; metro DWDM networks; optical networks; packet-based traffic; reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexers; tunable optical filters; Analytical models; Optical add-drop multiplexers; Optical fiber networks; Optical filters; SONET; Synchronous digital hierarchy; Telecommunication traffic; Transponders; Tunable circuits and devices; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Advanced Networks and Telecommunication Systems, 2007 First International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Mumbai

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1859-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1860-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ANTS.2007.4620207

Filename

4620207