Title :
Optical cross-connect with adaptive intra-node contention
Author_Institution :
Alcatel-Lucent, Nozay, France
Abstract :
Within the context of colorless and multidirectional wavelength routing node, this study illustrates the trade-off in terms of connectivity, total add/drop capacity, and intra-node contention.
Keywords :
adaptive optics; optical couplers; optical filters; optical receivers; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM; adaptive intra-node contention; colorless wavelength routing node; multidirectional wavelength routing node; optical couplers; optical cross-connect; optical filters; optical receivers; total add-drop capacity;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC 2013), 39th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
London
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-84919-759-5
DOI :
10.1049/cp.2013.1550
