DocumentCode
452158
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
Volume
1
fYear
2002
fDate
8-12 Sept. 2002
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Communication, 2002. ECOC 2002. 28th European Conference on
Conference_Location
Copenhagen
Print_ISBN
87-90974-63-8
Type
conf
Filename
1600939
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