Analysis of hybrid WDM/OCDM networks with all-optical code converters

Author

Durand, Fábio Renan ; Moschim, Edson

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Campinas State Univ., Brazil

fYear

2005

fDate

25-28 July 2005

Firstpage

172

Lastpage

175

Abstract

In this work, optical networks using the hybrid technology of wavelength division multiplexing and optical code division multiplexing (WDM/OCDM) with all-optical code converters are investigated. Expressions to show the code converter node performance including the effects of polarization mode dispersion (PMD) are derived. The main results show that the effects of PMD can decrease the code converter performance. It is also investigated a simple analytical formalism to solve the problem of optimal code converter placement. This formalism shows the network performance when the code converter are optimally/uniformly distributed in the network.

Keywords

code convertors; code division multiplexing; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre networks; optical fibre polarisation; wavelength division multiplexing; all-optical code converters; hybrid WDM-OCDM networks; optical code division multiplexing; optical networks; polarization mode dispersion; wavelength division multiplexing; Code division multiplexing; Multiprotocol label switching; Optical fiber networks; Optical wavelength conversion; Polarization mode dispersion; WDM networks; Wavelength conversion; Wavelength converters; Wavelength division multiplexing; Wavelength routing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave and Optoelectronics, 2005 SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9341-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMOC.2005.1580018

Filename

1580018