Title :
New and improved strategies for optical protection in mixed-line-rate WDM networks
Author :
Liu, Menglin ; Tornatore, Massimo ; Mukherjee, Biswanath
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Univ. of California, Davis, CA, USA
Abstract :
Employing Mixed Line Rates (MLR) in optical WDM networks enables new paradigms for protection at lightpath level. We design transparent MLR networks with dedicated protection and achieve significant cost reduction.
Keywords :
cost reduction; optical fibre networks; wavelength division multiplexing; MLR networks; cost reduction; mixed-line-rate WDM networks; optical WDM networks; optical protection; Costs; Optical design; Optical fiber networks; Optical filters; Protection; Repeaters; Telecommunication traffic; Transponders; WDM networks; 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
