• DocumentCode
    356500
  • Title

    Cost boundaries for economical OXCs

  • Author

    Van Parys, W. ; Arijs, P. ; Demeester, P.

  • Author_Institution
    Comsof NV, Gent, Belgium
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    2000
  • fDate
    7-10 March 2000
  • Firstpage
    216
  • Abstract
    Based on the design of ring and mesh network architectures using in-house developed tools, rules are deduced in order to obtain economical solutions for resilient WDM networks based on the use of optical cross-connects (OXCs).
  • Keywords
    costing; multiplexing equipment; photonic switching systems; telecommunication network routing; wavelength division multiplexing; European network; cost boundaries; mesh network architecture; optical add/drop multiplexer; optical cross-connects; path protection; resilient WDM networks; ring network architecture; traffic routing; Costs; Optical add-drop multiplexers; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber networks; Protection; SONET; Switches; Synchronous digital hierarchy; Telecommunication traffic; 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.2000.868569
  • Filename
    868569