An optical burst ring network featuring sub-wavelength- and wavelength-granularity grooming

Author

Cao, Shiyi ; Deng, Ning ; Ma, Teng ; Qi, Juan ; Shi, Xiaozhong ; He, Jianfei ; Zhou, Jianlin

Author_Institution

Opt. Networks Res., Huawei Technol. Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, China

fYear

2010

fDate

14-16 Dec. 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

We propose an optical burst ring network featuring both sub-wavelength- and wavelength-granularity grooming. Thanks to optical-layer transparency at network nodes, a large number of transponders for optical-electrical-optical conversion are saved. The use of fixed-tuned transmitters and regular optical amplifiers leads the burst network compatible with present WDM networks and feasible for deployment, and both sub-wavelength- and wavelength-granularity services can be easily provisioned and groomed.

Keywords

electro-optical devices; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre networks; optical transmitters; optical tuning; transparency; transponders; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM networks; fixed-tuned transmitters; network nodes; optical amplifiers; optical burst ring network; optical-electrical-optical conversion; optical-layer transparency; single-fiber ring; subwavelength grooming; transponders; wavelength-granularity grooming; Optical amplifiers; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber networks; Optical receivers; Optical switches; Optical transmitters; Stimulated emission;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Photonics Global Conference (PGC), 2010

Conference_Location

Singapore

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-9882-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PGC.2010.5706067

Filename

5706067