Title :
Cost evaluation in optical networks: Node architecture and energy consumption
Author :
Pinto, Armando Nolasco ; Morais, Rui Manuel ; Pedro, João ; Monteiro, Paulo
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron., Telecommun. & Inf., Univ. of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
Abstract :
We overview reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexer (ROADM) implementations with fixed frequency, and colorless and directionless (CD) functionalities. Considering the modules required to implement these architectures, we evaluate the energy consumption, footprint and cost, and analyze the impact of the survivability scheme in these parameters.
Keywords :
multiplexing equipment; optical fibre networks; telecommunication network reliability; ROADM; colorless-directionless functionality; cost evaluation; energy consumption; node architecture; optical networks; reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer; survivability scheme; Energy consumption; Integrated optics; Optical add-drop multiplexers; Optical fiber networks; Repeaters; Transponders; ROADM; flexible networks; network dimensioning;
Conference_Titel :
Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2012 14th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Coventry
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2228-7
Electronic_ISBN :
2161-2056
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.2012.6253772
