Title :
Transparent optical metropolitan-area networks
Author_Institution :
PhoTEC, Texas Univ., Richardson, TX, USA
Abstract :
Transparent WDM optical networks offer great promise in terms of reducing equipment and operating costs in metropolitan-area and regional-area networks.
Keywords :
cost reduction; metropolitan area networks; optical fibre networks; wavelength division multiplexing; equipment cost reduction; operating cost reduction; regional-area network; transparent WDM optical network; transparent optical metropolitan-area network; All-optical networks; Costs; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber networks; Optical modulation; Optical noise; Signal to noise ratio; Telecommunications; Wavelength conversion; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2003. LEOS 2003. The 16th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7888-1
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2003.1252947
