Title :
Colourless, directionless, contentionless ROADM architecture using low-loss optical matrix switches
Author :
Jensen, Rich ; Lord, Andrew ; Parsons, Nick
Author_Institution :
Polatis Inc., Andover, MA, USA
Abstract :
We show a novel colourless, directionless, contentionless add/drop optical node architecture using low-loss N×M optical switches which scales to multiple degrees and removes the need for unnecessary network-wide wavelength assignment restrictions.
Keywords :
multiplexing; optical fibre losses; optical fibre networks; optical switches; add-drop optical node architecture; colourless directionless contentionless ROADM architecture; low-loss optical matrix switches; network-wide wavelength assignment; reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexing; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; Optical losses; Optical polarization; Optical switches; Transponders;
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.2010.5621248
