Title :
Express lightpaths and shared protection in optical mesh networks
Author :
Ranganathan, Raghu ; Thiagarajan, Sashisekaran ; Blair, Loudon ; Berthold, Joseph
Author_Institution :
CIENA Corp., Linthicum, MD
Abstract :
A Pan-European network designed with hybrid all-optical express path routing and OEO-switched shared mesh restoration required 31% fewer transceivers than an all-OEO-switched network and a 60% lower bandwidth-distance product than a 1+1 protected all-optical network
Keywords :
optical communication equipment; optical design techniques; optical fibre networks; telecommunication network routing; transceivers; OEO; all-optical express path routing; optical mesh networks; transceivers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2002. ECOC 2002. 28th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Copenhagen
Print_ISBN :
87-90974-63-8
