Title :
All-optical vs. electrical aggregations CAPEX comparisons in a fully-flexible multi-layer transport network
Author :
G. Thouénon;C. Betoule;E. Pincemin;P.S. Khodashenas;J.M. Rivas-Moscoso;I. Tomkos
Author_Institution :
Orange Labs, 2 Av. Pierre Marzin, 22307 Lannion Cedex, France
Abstract :
By comparing several multi-layer transport network architectures, we evaluate the CAPEX benefits of new all-optical grooming techniques available in up-coming flexible optical networks and compare them to the more conventional electrical OTN-based aggregation solution.
Keywords :
"Optical filters","Optical fibers","Optical switches","Optical fiber networks","Adaptive optics","Optical amplifiers"
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2015 European Conference on
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2015.7342021