Title :
Optimized amplifier placements for improved energy and spectral efficiency in protected mixed-line-rate networks
Author :
Lopez Vizcaino, J. ; Ye, Yunming ; Jimenez, F. ; Macho, A. ; Krummrich, P.M.
Author_Institution :
Huawei Technol. Duesseldorf GmbH, Munich, Germany
Abstract :
We propose the selective placement of additional amplifiers to augment the energy and spectral efficiency of protected mixed-line-rate WDM scenarios. Significant energy efficiency per GHz improvements, network capacity enlargements and blocking reduction are achieved.
Keywords :
semiconductor optical amplifiers; wavelength assignment; wavelength division multiplexing; blocking reduction; energy efficiency; network capacity enlargements; optimized amplifier placements; protected mixed-line-rate WDM scenarios; spectral efficiency; Energy efficiency; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical noise; Signal to noise ratio; Transponders;
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.Th1E.5
