Title :
Impact of moving to 100Gbps on the cost per bit of a USA national network
Author :
Blair, Loudon ; Thiagarajan, Sashisekaran
Author_Institution :
Ciena Corp., Elkridge, MD, USA
Abstract :
40 Gbps and 100 Gbps line rate transport networks can take advantage of hybrid electrical/optical network architectures that employ selective sub-wavelength grooming and optical bypass to achieve better wavelength utilization and lower overall network costs.
Keywords :
optical fibre networks; USA national network; bit rate 100 Gbit/s; bit rate 40 Gbit/s; hybrid electrical-optical network architectures; line rate transport networks; optical bypass; selective subwavelength grooming; wavelength utilization; Costs;
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
