An optical FDM-based self-healing ring network employing arrayed waveguide grating filters and EDFA´s with level equalizers

Author

Toba, Hiromu ; Oda, Kazuhiro ; Inoue, Kyo ; Nosu, Kiyoshi ; Kitoh, Tsutomu

Author_Institution

NTT Opt. Network Syst. Labs., Yokosuka, Japan

Volume

14

Issue

5

fYear

1996

fDate

6/1/1996 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

800

Lastpage

813

Abstract

An optical frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) based self-healing unidirectional ring network is designed and its performance is verified. It employs arrayed waveguide grating add/drop multiplexers (ADMs) and erbium-doped fiber amplifiers (EDFAs) with waveguide level equalizers in each remote node. The route diversity configuration is employed to make the network robust and bit loss-free route switching is performed. The level diagram reproducibility for each OFDM channel is guaranteed by the waveguide-level equalizers. Successful transmission performance confirms the effectiveness of the proposed system

Keywords

equalisers; fibre lasers; frequency division multiplexing; multiplexing equipment; network topology; optical fibre networks; optical waveguide filters; telecommunication network reliability; telecommunication network routing; EDFA; OFDM; OFDM channel; add/drop multiplexers; arrayed waveguide grating filters; bit loss-free route switching; erbium-doped fiber amplifiers; level diagram reproducibility; level equalizers; optical FDM self healing ring network; optical frequency-division multiplexing; performance; remote node; route diversity configuration; self healing unidirectional ring network; transmission performance; waveguide level equalizers; Add-drop multiplexers; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Equalizers; Frequency division multiplexing; OFDM; Optical arrays; Optical design; Optical fiber networks; Optical waveguides; Stimulated emission;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Selected Areas in Communications, IEEE Journal on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8716

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/49.510904

Filename

510904