• DocumentCode
    3575258
  • Title

    Trends in the architectural design and computer modeling of optical metropolitan area networks

  • Author

    Roudas, I. ; Antoniades, N. ; Amin, J.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Patras Univ., Greece
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2004
  • Firstpage
    681
  • Abstract
    We review the latest progress in the architectural design and the performance modeling of transparent, optical metropolitan area networks. We identify key transmission impairments, which affect the performance of these networks.
  • Keywords
    metropolitan area networks; optical fibre networks; telecommunication network planning; wavelength division multiplexing; architectural design; computer modeling; optical metropolitan area networks; transmission impairments;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2004. OFC 2004
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-772-5
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    1359618