Title :
Stability investigation of bi-directional single-fiber reconfigurable transparent WDM ring network
Author :
Ennser, K. ; Valle, G.D. ; Taccheo, S.
Author_Institution :
Swansea Univ., Swansea
Abstract :
This paper reports on the stability of bidirectional wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) ring network immune to power transient due to channel number reconfiguration. This architecture allows flexible traffic re-routing and network operation even in case of node failure or fiber cut.
Keywords :
optical fibres; wavelength division multiplexing; bidirectional wavelength division multiplexing ring network; channel number reconfiguration; traffic re-routing; Bidirectional control; Operational amplifiers; Optical amplifiers; Optical filters; Optical waveguides; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stability; Stimulated emission; WDM networks; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007 and the International Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEOE-IQEC 2007. European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0931-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0931-0
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2007.4386443
