Investigating the interoperability between packet and optical transport platforms: “Black Link” (ITU-T G.698.2) and alternatives

Author

Fricke, Matthias ; Röse, Josef ; Herber, Ralf ; Ries, Reinald

Author_Institution

Deutsche Telekom, Darmstadt, Germany

fYear

2010

fDate

27-30 Sept. 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

Standard optical fiber has potential capacity of multiple Tbit/s. Efficient utilization of the already installed fiber infrastructure is of outmost importance. Starting with passive wavelength division multiplexing (pWDM) this paper discusses the potential solutions for a managed optical lambda or a complete optical transmission layer independent of the transceivers themselves. The problems from the operational point of view are tackled as well.

Keywords

open systems; optical fibre communication; telecommunication computing; transceivers; wavelength division multiplexing; ITU-T G.698.2; black link; interoperability; optical fiber; optical lambda; optical transport platforms; packet transport platforms; passive wavelength division multiplexing; transceivers; Optical amplifiers; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; Wavelength division multiplexing; Black Link; IP over WDM; coloured interfaces; wavelength division multiplex;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Telecommunications Network Strategy and Planning Symposium (NETWORKS), 2010 14th International

Conference_Location

Warsaw

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-6704-4

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-6705-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NETWKS.2010.5624948

Filename

5624948