Title :
Optical layer reconfigurability: Applications and technologies
Author_Institution :
Opt. Networking Group, Lucent Technol., Holmdel, NJ, USA
Abstract :
Architectures allowing for dynamic connectivity on the physical layer of an optical network and enabling component technologies will be discussed, and issues of control, scalability, and compliance to central office engineering limitations will be examined.
Keywords :
computer networks; optical fibre networks; central office engineering limitations; control; dynamic connectivity; enabling component technologies; optical fibre network; optical layer reconfigurability; physical layer; scalability; Central office; Costs; Integrated optics; Optical fiber networks; Optical receivers; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Physical layer; Protection; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
All-Optical Networking: Existing and Emerging Architecture and Applications/Dynamic Enablers of Next-Generation Optical Communications Systems/Fast Optical Processing in Optical Transmission/VCSEL and
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7378-2
DOI :
10.1109/LEOSST.2002.1027522
