Title :
Managed alien wavelength service requirements and demonstration
Author :
Lord, Andrew ; Zhou, Yu Rong ; Wright, Paul ; Willis, Peter ; Look, Chris ; Jeon, Gary ; Nathan, Sri ; Hotchkiss, Adam
Author_Institution :
BT, Ipswich, UK
Abstract :
This paper explains the key operator need for remotely managed, coloured transceivers in client routers and switches, carried directly over DWDM networks as ´alien wavelengths´ and describes a demonstration including in-band OTN based management.
Keywords :
optical switches; optical transceivers; wavelength division multiplexing; DWDM network; alien wavelength; client router; in-band OTN based management; remotely managed coloured transceiver; switches; Adaptive optics; Optical fiber communication; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; Optical transmitters; Transceivers; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2011 37th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Geneva
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1918-9
