Title :
High usage optical access architecture featuring coarse space-wavelength routing
Author :
Farjady, F. ; Parker, M.C. ; Walker, S.D.
Author_Institution :
Fujitsu Telecommun. Eur. Ltd., UK
Abstract :
A wavelength-routed architecture is described, accessing 576 customers bi-directionally with multi-Gb/s data, and utilising only 24 wavelengths separated by 1.6 nm. Coarse routing throughout enables increased tolerance WDM components at exchange and customer premises
Keywords :
asynchronous transfer mode; optical fibre subscriber loops; telecommunication network routing; wavelength division multiplexing; bi-directional customer accessing; coarse routing throughout; coarse space-wavelength routing; customer premises; exchange premises; high usage optical access architecture; increased tolerance WDM components; wavelength-routed architecture; Architecture; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Asynchronous transfer mode; Costs; Optical arrays; Optical network units; Voltage; WDM networks; Wavelength division multiplexing; Wavelength routing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 1998. 24th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Madrid
Print_ISBN :
84-89900-14-0
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.1998.732732
