Title :
Amplifier placement in metro-scaled wavelength-routed network
Author :
Rocha, M.L. ; Rossi, S.M. ; Barros, M.R.X. ; Pezzolo, L. ; Rosolem, J.B. ; Oliveira, M.F. ; Paradisi, A. ; Kauppinen, T. ; Gavler, A.
Author_Institution :
CPqD-Rodovia Campinas-Mogi Mirim, Campinas, Brazil
fDate :
2/6/2003 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The performance of a metro-scaled five-node all-optical WDM mesh test-bed operating with either a pre- or a postamplifier at each node is evaluated experimentally. A 2 dB improvement in power budget is achieved when the amplifiers are placed at the node input ports.
Keywords :
metropolitan area networks; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre networks; preamplifiers; wavelength division multiplexing; amplifier placement; fibre plant; five-node all-optical WDM mesh test-bed; metro-scaled wavelength-routed network; metropolitan area; node input ports; optical amplifiers; postamplifier; power budget; preamplifier;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20030149
