• DocumentCode
    450308
  • Title

    A simple scheme to suppress transient-induced degradations in transparent optical networks

  • Author

    Ciaramella, E. ; Presi, M. ; Giorgi, L. ; D´Errico, A. ; Herbst, S. ; Elbers, J.-P.

  • Author_Institution
    Scuola Superiore Sant´´Anna, Pisa, Italy
  • Volume
    4
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    25-29 Sept. 2005
  • Firstpage
    977
  • Abstract
    In transparent networks, fibre cuts can generate severe penalties affecting even disjoint lightpaths. We experimentally demonstrate that a simple and cost effective scheme is able to fully suppress them in a realistic network environment.
  • Keywords
    optical fibre losses; optical fibre networks; optical fibre testing; telecommunication network reliability; fibre cut; transient-induced degradation suppression; transparent optical network;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    iet
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communication, 2005. ECOC 2005. 31st European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    IET
  • ISSN
    0537-9989
  • Print_ISBN
    0-86341-543-1
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    1584286