Title :
Role of optics in creating future transport networks
Author_Institution :
Nagoya Univ., Nagoya, Japan
Abstract :
It has been recognized that exploiting photonic technologies will be the best path to creating bandwidth abundant and energy efficient future networks, however, their introduction remains limited. The barriers and possible solutions are discussed.
Keywords :
nanophotonics; optical fibre networks; bandwidth abundant; energy efficient future networks; optics role; photonic technologies; transport networks; Integrated optics; Optical network units; Optical switches; Power demand; Supercomputers; Throughput; green networks; hierarchical optical path; optical circuit switching; optical cross-connect; optical path; waveband;
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.2011.5971043
