Title :
AT&Ts photonic backbone design options
Author :
Tse, Kathleen A.
Author_Institution :
AT&T Labs., Middletown, NJ, USA
Abstract :
As AT&T plans for the future, there are a number of critical decisions required to define a new 100G backbone. These decisions are driven by specific carrier characteristics, which are described in this paper.
Keywords :
optical fibre subscriber loops; multiservice carrier; network reach; next-generation backbone; photonic backbone design; service volume; Bandwidth; Costs; High speed optical techniques; Integrated optics; Optical modulation; Optical sensors; Optical switches; Spine; Transponders; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication (OFC), collocated National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2010 Conference on (OFC/NFOEC)
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-884-1
