Title :
Dynamic Wavelength Allocation in a Converged and Scalable Interface for Metro-Access Ring Integrated Networks
Author :
Shing-Wa Wong ; Wei-Tao Shaw ; Ning Cheng ; Chumming Qiao ; Kazovsky, Leonid
Author_Institution :
Photonics & Networking Res. Lab., Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA, USA
Abstract :
A flexible metro-access interface employs dynamic wavelength allocation to provide bandwidth sharing between access and metro traffic is proposed. Simulations show the MARIN architecture achieves superior performance and lower cost when compared to other architectures.
Keywords :
metropolitan area networks; optical fibre subscriber loops; telecommunication traffic; wavelength assignment; MARIN architecture; access traffic; bandwidth sharing; metro access ring integrated networks; metro traffic; wavelength allocation; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Bandwidth; Filters; Optical network units; Passive optical networks; Speech synthesis; Telecommunication traffic; Traffic control; Tunable circuits and devices; Wavelength conversion;
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.2008.4528618
