Title :
Flexibility of programmable add/drop architecture for ROADMs
Author :
Garrich, Miquel ; Oliveira, Juliano R. F. ; Siqueira, Marcos ; Amaya, Norberto ; Zervas, Georgios S. ; Simeonidou, Dimitra ; Oliveira, Julio Cesar R. F.
Author_Institution :
CPqD Found., Campinas, Brazil
Abstract :
We introduce add/drop on demand (ADoD) architecture for ROADMs to provide higher flexibility and lower loss than current proposals. We quantitatively measure flexibility considering system´s entropy and associate it with traffic uncertainty, upgradability, and resilience.
Keywords :
entropy; multiplexing equipment; telecommunication traffic; ADoD; ROADM; add-drop on demand architecture; programmable add-drop architecture; reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer; traffic uncertainty; Backplanes; Insertion loss; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Optical switches;
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.W1C.2
