Title :
Design and demonstration of a reconfigurable metro-regional WDM 32 × 10 Gb/s system scaling beyond 500 kin of G.652 fiber
Author :
Macchi, Mauro ; Ferrari, Carlo ; Pastorelli, Rosanna ; Piciaccia, Stefano ; Paraschis, Loukas ; Gerstel, Ori
Author_Institution :
Opt. Networking, Cisco Syst., Italy
Abstract :
We demonstrate a industrial-strength 32 × 10 Gb/s WDM system with multiple reconfigurable optical-add/drop nodes that enables metro regional networks to cost-effectively scale to < 500 km with span and installation/maintenance flexibility.
Keywords :
metropolitan area networks; optical fibre networks; telecommunication network reliability; wavelength division multiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; G.652 fiber; installation flexibility; maintenance flexibility; multiple reconfigurable optical-add-drop nodes; reconfigurable metro-regional WDM; Costs; Optical add-drop multiplexers; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber networks; Optical filters; Optical noise; Optical sensors; Stimulated emission; System performance; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2005. Technical Digest. OFC/NFOEC
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-783-0
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2005.192681
