Title :
Power consumption analysis of Architecture on Demand
Author :
Garrich, Miquel ; Amaya, Norberto ; Zervas, Georgios S. ; Giaccone, Paolo ; Simeonidou, Dimitra
Author_Institution :
Dipt. di Elettron. e Telecomun., Politec. di Torino, Turin, Italy
Abstract :
Recently proposed Architecture on Demand (AoD) node shows considerable flexibility benefits against traditional ROADMs. We study the power consumption of AoD including sub-wavelength time switching functionality. Results show that AoD can bring energy savings at node level.
Keywords :
optical fibre networks; optical switches; AOD node; architecture on demand node; energy savings; power consumption analysis; subwavelength time switching; Backplanes; Computer architecture; Couplers; High-speed optical techniques; Optical switches; Power demand;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communications (ECOC), 2012 38th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Amsterdam
