Title :
Can the limits of the "contentionless" add/drop stages degrade importantly the benefit of superchannels in the WDM networks?
Author_Institution :
Alcatel-Lucent, Nozay, France
Abstract :
In an optical cross-connect, we study how the maximum number of carriers each add/drop stage can accommodate impacts the benefit of elastic spectral efficiency based on superchannel.
Keywords :
optical fibre networks; optical interconnections; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM networks; contentionless add-drop stages; elastic spectral efficiency; optical cross-connect; superchannels; Couplers; High definition video; Optical amplifiers; Optical filters; Optical switches; Optical transmitters; Power capacitors;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2014 European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cannes
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2014.6963820
