Title :
Building Agile Optical Networks
Author_Institution :
Infinera, Sunnyvale, CA, USA
Abstract :
Digital Optical Networks enabled by photonic integration provide service, hardware and operational agility in optical networks. We present how this enables bandwidth virtualization, unconstrained digital ROADM reconfigurability, and OpEx savings demonstrated in a case study.
Keywords :
integrated optics; optical communication; optical fibre networks; OpEx savings; agile optical networks; bandwidth virtualization; digital optical networks; hardware agility; operational agility; photonic integration provide service; unconstrained digital ROADM reconfigurability; Optical fiber networks;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-856-8
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2008.4528271
