Title :
Faults and recovery methods in regional undersea OADM networks
Author :
Turukhin, A.V. ; Akhtar, A. ; Mohs, G. ; Golovchenko, E.A.
Author_Institution :
Tyco Telecommun., Eatontown, NJ, USA
Abstract :
An experimental study of faults in an important class of undersea OADM networks demonstrates that channel performance through surviving segments can be recovered by the terminal-based procedures enabled by a fault resilient network design.
Keywords :
fault tolerance; multiplexing; optical fibre networks; telecommunication network topology; telecommunication traffic; add-drop traffic; channel performance; fault resilient network design; network topology; optical add-drop multiplexing; optical paths; recovery method; terminal-based procedures; undersea OADM networks; Band pass filters; Energy management; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical add-drop multiplexers; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber cables; Power system management; Telecommunication traffic; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2009. ECOC '09. 35th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Vienna
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5096-1
