Title :
Optical technologies for future networks
Author_Institution :
Nagoya Univ., Nagoya, Japan
Abstract :
Exploiting photonic technologies will be the best way to create bandwidth abundant and energy efficient future networks, however, their introduction remains limited. The barriers and possible solutions for future networks are discussed.
Keywords :
IP networks; Internet; optical fibre networks; optical switches; telecommunication network routing; IP routers; IP traffic off-loading; bandwidth-abundant future networks; energy-efficient future networks; flow routers; layer-2 switching; optical technologies; photonic technologies; Optical fibers; Optical network units; Optical signal processing; Optical switches; Optical transmitters;
Conference_Titel :
Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference (OECC), 2012 17th
Conference_Location :
Busan
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0976-9
Electronic_ISBN :
2166-8884
DOI :
10.1109/OECC.2012.6276499
