Title :
Comparison of elastic implementations for WDM networks
Author_Institution :
Opt. Div., Alcatel-Lucent, Nozay, France
Abstract :
Different possible implementations of WDM European network featuring elastic spectral efficiency are proposed and compared in terms of ratio of further regenerators they induce divided by the number of further connections they enable.
Keywords :
optical fibre networks; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM European network; WDM telecommunication networks; elastic implementations; regenerators; Crosstalk; Optical crosstalk; Optical modulation; Phase shift keying; Repeaters; 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
