Title :
Design methodologies for optical WDM networks with awareness of transmission impairments
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Commun. Eng., Indian Inst. of Technol., Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India
Abstract :
Today´s telecommunication networks employ optical fibers almost at all levels along with wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) technology. This paper presents an overview of the design methodologies for optical WDM networks in presence of transmission impairments in physical layer.
Keywords :
optical fibre networks; wavelength division multiplexing; design methodologies; optical WDM networks; optical fibers; physical layer; telecommunication networks; transmission impairment awareness; wavelength division multiplexing technology; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Passive optical networks; Wavelength division multiplexing; mess; passive optical network; point-to-multipoint; ring; wavelength-routing network;
Conference_Titel :
Information, Communications and Signal Processing (ICICS) 2011 8th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Singapore
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0029-3
DOI :
10.1109/ICICS.2011.6173564
