Three degree ROADM node design using different Wavelength Selective Switch placement

Author

Fazel, S. ; Lourdiane, Mounia ; Lepers, Catherine

Author_Institution

Electron. & Phys. Dept., Inst. Mines-Telecom/Telecom SudParis, Samovar, France

fYear

2013

fDate

26-28 Nov. 2013

Firstpage

157

Lastpage

159

Abstract

Recent developments in Wavelength Selective Switch (WSS) technologies offer bandwidth efficiency and routing flexibility to Reconfigurable Optical Add and Drop Multiplexer (ROADM) nodes. For the first time in our knowledge we compare two architectures to design a ROADM node based on WSS placement. Extinction ratio and sideband suppression have been evaluated and compared to choose the well-adapted architecture for a 3 degree ROADM node.

Keywords

multiplexing equipment; optical communication; optical switches; telecommunication network routing; WSS technology; bandwidth efficiency; extinction ratio; reconfigurable optical add and drop multiplexer nodes; routing flexibility; sideband suppression; three degree ROADM node design; wavelength selective switch placement; Computer architecture; Insertion loss; Optical fiber networks; Optical switches; Ports (Computers); Wavelength division multiplexing; Add-drop multiplexers; Optical communication; Wavelength division multiplexing; Wavelength filtering devices;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Telecommunications Forum (TELFOR), 2013 21st

Conference_Location

Belgrade

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-1419-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/TELFOR.2013.6716196

Filename

6716196