Title :
Three degree ROADM node design using different Wavelength Selective Switch placement
Author :
Fazel, S. ; Lourdiane, Mounia ; Lepers, Catherine
Author_Institution :
Electron. & Phys. Dept., Inst. Mines-Telecom/Telecom SudParis, Samovar, France
Abstract :
Recent developments in Wavelength Selective Switch (WSS) technologies offer bandwidth efficiency and routing flexibility to Reconfigurable Optical Add and Drop Multiplexer (ROADM) nodes. For the first time in our knowledge we compare two architectures to design a ROADM node based on WSS placement. Extinction ratio and sideband suppression have been evaluated and compared to choose the well-adapted architecture for a 3 degree ROADM node.
Keywords :
multiplexing equipment; optical communication; optical switches; telecommunication network routing; WSS technology; bandwidth efficiency; extinction ratio; reconfigurable optical add and drop multiplexer nodes; routing flexibility; sideband suppression; three degree ROADM node design; wavelength selective switch placement; Computer architecture; Insertion loss; Optical fiber networks; Optical switches; Ports (Computers); Wavelength division multiplexing; Add-drop multiplexers; Optical communication; Wavelength division multiplexing; Wavelength filtering devices;
Conference_Titel :
Telecommunications Forum (TELFOR), 2013 21st
Conference_Location :
Belgrade
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-1419-7
DOI :
10.1109/TELFOR.2013.6716196
