• DocumentCode
    2844788
  • 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
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    19-23 Sept. 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • 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
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ECOC.2010.5621248
  • Filename
    5621248
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2844788