Title :
Optical super-channels in long-haul network architectures
Author :
Clarke, Steven ; Asselin, Serge ; Vakili, Arash
Author_Institution :
Ciena Corp, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Abstract :
Network efficiency is compared for 500Gb/s super-channel and 100Gb/s single-wavelength systems. Results show that exclusively using 500Gb/s systems requires 1.7x to 2.6x more network capacity for the same service demands and introduces network scalability concerns.
Keywords :
telecommunication network reliability; telecommunication services; bit rate 100 Gbit/s; bit rate 500 Gbit/s; long-haul network architectures; network efficiency; network scalability concerns; optical super-channels; service demands; single-wavelength systems; Optical fibers; Optical network units; Optical pulse shaping; Optical switches; Optical transmitters;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2014
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-5575-2994-7
DOI :
10.1364/OFC.2014.M2B.4
