Towards uniform channel performance in dynamic WDM systems and networks

Author

Willner, A.E.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. Syst., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Volume

3

fYear

1999

fDate

21-26 Feb. 1999

Firstpage

224

Abstract

Several channel-degrading effects are present in dynamic reconfigurable wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) systems and networks. These effects must be addressed by tunable methods so that signals do not fade with time. The relevant issues to be addressed include; dispersion compensation, power equalization, PMD compensation, and EDFA gain flattening and transient control.

Keywords

compensation; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre networks; optical tuning; telecommunication channels; wavelength division multiplexing; EDFA gain flattening; PMD compensation; channel-degrading effects; dispersion compensation; dynamic WDM networks; dynamic WDM systems; dynamic reconfigurable wavelength-division multiplexing; power equalization; transient control; tunable methods; uniform channel performance; Bragg gratings; Degradation; Delay effects; Fiber gratings; Intelligent networks; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Signal to noise ratio; WDM networks; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 1999, and the International Conference on Integrated Optics and Optical Fiber Communication. OFC/IOOC '99. Technical Digest

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-582-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.1999.768116

Filename

768116