Title :
Scalability of optical WDM cross connects
Author :
Gyselings, Tim ; Morthier, Geert ; Baets, Roel
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. Technol., Ghent Univ., Belgium
Abstract :
On the basis of crosstalk studies it is shown in this paper how the performance of WDM cross connects scales with the number of wavelengths and the number of input/output fibres. For three different optical cross connect topologies conclusions can be drawn on the best trade off between wavelengths and fibres for a given capacity
Keywords :
optical crosstalk; optical fibre networks; optical interconnections; telecommunication network routing; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM cross connects; capacity; crosstalk studies; input/output fibres; optical WDM cross connect scalability; optical cross connect topologies; Clamps; Filters; Information technology; Network topology; Optical crosstalk; Optical wavelength conversion; Scalability; Switches; WDM networks; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1998. LEOS '98. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4947-4
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1998.737877
