• DocumentCode
    1794142
  • 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
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    9-13 March 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2014
  • Conference_Location
    San Francisco, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-5575-2994-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1364/OFC.2014.W1C.2
  • Filename
    6886988
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1794142