• DocumentCode
    3113116
  • Title

    External wavelength contention resolution for optical crossconnects

  • Author

    Li, C.Y. ; Wai, P.K.A.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. & Inf. Eng., Hong Kong Polytech. Univ., Kowloon, China
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    13-17 July 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We propose to add TWCs outside the crossconnects (OXCs) in an external device to simplify the implementation and deployment of OXCs in wavelength-routed networks. Simulations confirm the performance of the proposed approach.
  • Keywords
    optical interconnections; telecommunication network routing; external wavelength contention resolution; optical crossconnects; wavelength-routed networks; Bandwidth; Costs; Hardware; IP networks; Microelectromechanical systems; Optical switches; Optical wavelength conversion; Signal resolution; Telecommunication traffic; Traffic control;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    OptoElectronics and Communications Conference, 2009. OECC 2009. 14th
  • Conference_Location
    Hong Kong
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-4102-0
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-4103-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OECC.2009.5214500
  • Filename
    5214500