Title :
100G coherent deployments: Telecom Italia plans and perspectives
Author :
Clemente, Roberto
Author_Institution :
Tech. Planning - Models & Global Archit., Telecom Italia, Italy
Abstract :
Telecom Italia´s National Optical Backbone is evolving toward a 40G Photonic Network based on ROADM technology. This evolution allows CAPEX and OPEX savings. Further steps toward a 100G Photonic Backbone is motivated by additional savings. To get this result it is essential to evolve (and not to substitute) the 40G Network into a 100G ones.
Keywords :
optical communication; telecommunication traffic; 100G coherent deployments; 40G photonic network; CAPEX savings; National Optical Backbone; OPEX savings; ROADM technology; Telecom Italia plans; Biological system modeling; Driver circuits; Optical devices; Optical switches; Photonics; Planning; Telecommunications;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2010 36th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Torino
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8536-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8534-5
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2010.5621179
