• DocumentCode
    160921
  • Title

    Can the limits of the "contentionless" add/drop stages degrade importantly the benefit of superchannels in the WDM networks?

  • Author

    Zami, Thierry

  • Author_Institution
    Alcatel-Lucent, Nozay, France
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    21-25 Sept. 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communication (ECOC), 2014 European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Cannes
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ECOC.2014.6963820
  • Filename
    6963820
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=160921