Title :
A single-fiber bi-directional self-healing WDM metro-ring network with bi-directional OADM
Author :
Sun, Xiaofeng ; Wang, Zhaoxin ; Chan, Chun-Kit ; Lin, Chinlon ; Chen, Lian-Kuan
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. Eng., Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Shatin, China
Abstract :
We propose and demonstrate a single-fiber bi-directional WDM self-healing ring network with simple bi-directional OADM. By employing our proposed alternate-path switching scheme, the bi-directional traffic can be restored promptly under single fiber failure.
Keywords :
multiplexing equipment; optical communication equipment; optical fibre networks; optical switches; telecommunication network reliability; telecommunication traffic; wavelength division multiplexing; alternate-path switching; bidirectional OADM; bidirectional traffic; self-healing WDM metro-ring network;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2005. ECOC 2005. 31st European Conference on
Conference_Location :
IET
Print_ISBN :
0-86341-543-1
