• DocumentCode
    635698
  • Title

    Low contention and high resilience to partial failure for colorless and directionless OXC

  • Author

    Zami, Thierry ; Chiaroni, D.

  • Author_Institution
    Opt., Alcatel-Lucent, Nozay, France
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    11-14 Sept. 2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    In the frame of 4 and 8-degree wavelength routing cross-connects, we examine the design of modular, colorless, and directionless add/drop blocks enabling internal blocking ratio smaller than 1% even in case of partial failure.
  • Keywords
    optical communication equipment; optical interconnections; telecommunication network routing; wavelength division multiplexing; 4-degree wavelength routing cross-connects; 8-degree wavelength routing cross-connects; add-drop blocks; colorless OXC; directionless OXC; internal blocking ratio; partial failure; wavelength contention; Layout; Optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Wavelength division multiplexing; optical cross-connect; wavelength contention; wavelength routing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photonics in Switching (PS), 2012 International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Ajaccio
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6608250