Optical cross-connect system technology trial

Author

Davis, G.B. ; Robinson, Neethu ; Shoa-Kai Liu ; Fee, J. ; Way, D.

Author_Institution

MCI Telecommun. Corp., Richardson, TX, USA

fYear

1998

fDate

22-27 Feb. 1998

Firstpage

27

Lastpage

28

Abstract

Summary form only given. In an effort to integrate existing network equipment and fiber plant with new technology and to characterize its affect on network applications, MCI deployed an optical cross-connect system (OCCS) technology trial in its network. This network consists of five separate 16/spl times/16 OCCS nodes, OC-48 and OC-192 transport equipment, optical amplifiers, wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM), and a WAN control network. Two logical configurations were tested: optical ring and mesh. Restoration routes from 50-350 km were implemented utilizing nondispersion-shifted and long-span fiber types.

Keywords

asynchronous transfer mode; frame relay; optical fibre networks; photonic switching systems; wavelength division multiplexing; 50 to 350 km; ATM; WAN control network; frame relay; logical configurations; long-span fiber; nondispersion-shifted fiber; optical cross-connect system; optical mesh; optical ring; restoration routes; switched voice calls; technology trial; wavelength-division multiplexing; Integrated optics; Logic testing; Optical amplifiers; Optical control; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber networks; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Wavelength division multiplexing; Wide area networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibit, 1998. OFC '98., Technical Digest

Conference_Location

San Jose, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-521-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.1998.657175

Filename

657175