• DocumentCode
    3522720
  • Title

    Building Agile Optical Networks

  • Author

    Melle, Serge

  • Author_Institution
    Infinera, Sunnyvale, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    24-28 Feb. 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    10
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • 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
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2008.4528271
  • Filename
    4528271