• DocumentCode
    356436
  • Title

    Reconfigurable all-optical networking at terabit transmission rates

  • Author

    Leisching, P. ; Beck, H. ; Richter, A. ; Stoll, D. ; Fischer, G.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Adv. Transp. Syst., Siemens AG, Munich, Germany
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2000
  • fDate
    7-10 March 2000
  • Firstpage
    240
  • Abstract
    We report on a transparent metropolitan fiber-ring composed of reconfigurable OADMs. Wavelength channel routing by tunable fiber Bragg-gratings and optical switching matrices is investigated. The results demonstrate the feasibility of the high capacity WDM-ring within the KOMNET field-trial.
  • Keywords
    Bragg gratings; metropolitan area networks; multiplexing equipment; optical fiber networks; telecommunication channels; wavelength division multiplexing; 0.8 Tbit/s; 10 Gbit/s; KOMNET field-trial; high capacity WDM-ring; optical switching matrices; reconfigurable OADMs; reconfigurable all-optical networking; terabit transmission rates; transparent metropolitan fiber-ring; tunable fiber Bragg-gratings; wavelength channel routing; Bragg gratings; Fiber gratings; Frequency; Optical add-drop multiplexers; Optical crosstalk; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber networks; Optical interconnections; Routing; Wavelength division multiplexing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2000
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-630-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2000.868428
  • Filename
    868428