• DocumentCode
    1794148
  • Title

    Implications of super-channels on colorless, directionless and contentionless (CDC) ROADM architectures

  • Author

    Malik, Anuj ; Wauford, Wayne ; Zhong Pan ; Goel, Nitin K. ; Hand, Steve ; Mitchell, Matthew

  • Author_Institution
    Infinera Corp., Sunnyvale, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    9-13 March 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    This paper proposes CDC ROADM architecture compatible with emerging DWDM super-channel technology. A real world network model is used to quantify that this architecture requires fewer network components leading to less capital and operational costs.
  • Keywords
    wavelength division multiplexing; CDC ROADM architecture; DWDM superchannel technology; colorless ROADM architecture; contentionless ROADM architecture; directionless ROADM architecture; reconfigurable optical add drop multiplexer; superchannel ROADM architecture; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; Optical switches; Ports (Computers); Wavelength division multiplexing;
  • 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.4
  • Filename
    6886990
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1794148