Title :
Network and system architectures for energy-efficient metro and access networks employing reflective photonics
Author :
Kehayas, E. ; Clarke, A.M. ; Borghesani, A. ; Vyrsokinos, K. ; Smith, D.W. ; Ossieur, P. ; Moodie, D.G. ; Jensen, R. ; Parsons, N. ; Townsend, P.D.
Author_Institution :
CONSTELEX Technol. Enablers Ltd., Athens, Greece
Abstract :
We present recent efforts for developing “greener” and future-proofed communication networks by employing reflective architectures in the metro edge and access parts of the network. Colourless and coolerless reflective photonic integrated circuits are used in combination with high port-count optical switches for creating costeffective, scalable and dynamic network architectures, delivering 100 Gb/s transport and 10 Gb/s access networks.
Keywords :
integrated optics; optical fibre communication; optical fibre subscriber loops; optical switches; access networks; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; bit rate 100 Gbit/s; future-proofed communication networks; greener communication networks; metro networks; network architectures; optical switches; photonic integrated circuits; reflective architectures; reflective photonics; system architectures; Integrated optics; Optical fibers; Optical network units; Optical reflection; Optical switches; Optical transmitters; fibre-to-the-home; optical fibre communications; optical switching; passive optical networks; reflective semiconductor optical amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2011 13th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Stockholm
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0881-7
Electronic_ISBN :
2161-2056
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.2011.5970993
