Title :
Terabit-scale compact hierarchical optical cross-connect system employing PLC devices and optical backplane
Author :
Moriwaki, Osamu ; Noguchi, Kazuto ; Takahashi, Hiroshi ; Sakamoto, Tadashi ; Sato, Ken-Ichi ; Hasegawa, Hiroshi ; Okuno, Masayuki ; Ohmori, Yasuji
Author_Institution :
NTT Photonics Labs., NTT Corp., Atsugi, Japan
Abstract :
The first practical hierarchical optical cross-connect system is developed and its feasibility confirmed using field-installed fibers. Fully-implemented equipment requires a 16-U chassis to manage 4.8-Tbit/s signals from 8 WDM lines and 160 client ports.
Keywords :
optical backplanes; optical fibre communication; 16-U chassis; PLC devices; WDM lines; bit rate 4.8 Tbit/s; client ports; field-installed fibers; fully-implemented equipment; optical backplane; terabit-scale compact hierarchical optical cross-connect system; Backplanes; Energy consumption; Optical devices; Optical fiber devices; Optical fibers; Optical switches; Programmable control; Throughput; Transmission line matrix methods; 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
