Implementation of a control network and wavelength management system within the physical layer of a coherent multi-carrier network

Within the European RACE project COBRA, the use of coherent technology in practical network environments is demonstrated. This is done through a number of demonstrator set-ups. Each of these demonstrators can be situated in a specific telecom domain (the core network, the subscriber loop, etc.) and exploits within its domain the benefits of present-day coherent technology. This paper presents one of these demonstrators, the BCPN (Business Customer Premises Network) field demonstration which is setup at the premises of the Dutch PTT in Leidschendam, and describes more specifically its control network and wavelength management system that has been developed at the University of Gent