Title :
Comparison of DWDM network topologies with bit-rate adaptive optical OFDM regarding restoration
Author :
Klekamp, Axel ; Buchali, Fred ; Dischler, Roman ; Ilchmann, Frank
Author_Institution :
Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs., Stuttgart, Germany
Abstract :
4 different core networks-including EU and US-are studied for bit-rate adaptive optical-OFDM w.r.t. restoration. The gained benefit over fixed bit-rate 40 Gb/s networks is found to be strongly mean path-length/mean connectivity dependent and reaches up to 42 % savings on OE-interfaces.
Keywords :
OFDM modulation; optical fibre networks; telecommunication network topology; wavelength division multiplexing; DWDM network topology; OE-interfaces; bit rate 40 Gbit/s; bit-rate adaptive optical OFDM; Adaptive systems; OFDM; Optical fiber networks; Repeaters; Telecommunication traffic; Transponders; USA Councils;
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.2010.5621398
