Title :
Mixed-line-rate (MLR) optical network design considering heterogeneous fiber dispersion maps
Author :
Chowdhury, Pulak ; Nag, Avishek ; Tornatore, Massimo ; Ip, N. ; Wang, Ting ; Mukherjee, Biswanath
Author_Institution :
Univ. of California, Davis, CA, USA
Abstract :
We present an approach to design MLR optical backbone networks with various fiber dispersion maps. We find that heterogeneous dispersion maps in future can outperform today´s homogeneous dispersion maps in terms of network cost.
Keywords :
optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre networks; MLR optical backbone networks; heterogeneous fiber dispersion maps; mixed-line-rate optical network design; network cost; Delta modulation; Dispersion; Mathematical model; Modulation; Optical fiber networks; Receivers; Transponders;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2011 37th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Geneva
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1918-9
