A novel optical cross-connect with built-in optical-path supervisory scheme for all-optical networks

Author

Kong, Eddie ; Chan, Chun-K ; Tong, Frank ; Chen, Lian-K

Author_Institution

Dept. of Inf. Eng., Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong

Volume

1

fYear

1998

fDate

20-24 Sep 1998

Firstpage

585

Abstract

We propose and demonstrate an optical cross-connect with built-in optical-path supervision for all-optical wavelength routing networks, which does not tap off any power at the data wavelengths for monitoring. We demonstrate the principle of operation for an optical cross-connect with built-in optical-path supervisory for all-optical wavelength routing networks. Any error in optical-path routing due to failure in the crossconnect can be detected without tapping off the power at the data wavelengths, and no dedicated monitoring light source is required

Keywords

monitoring; optical fibre networks; telecommunication network management; telecommunication network routing; all-optical networks; all-optical wavelength routing networks; built-in optical-path supervision; built-in optical-path supervisory; built-in optical-path supervisory scheme; data wavelengths; monitoring; optical cross-connect; All-optical networks; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Optical arrays; Optical fiber networks; Optical filters; Optical interconnections; Optical losses; Optical switches; Wavelength routing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Communication, 1998. 24th European Conference on

Conference_Location

Madrid

Print_ISBN

84-89900-14-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ECOC.1998.732734

Filename

732734