A feed-forward technique for reconstitution of dropped optical carriers in WDM networks

Author

Mander, M. ; Reichmann, K.C. ; Frigo, N.J. ; Iannone, P.P.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mater. Sci. & Eng., Stanford Univ., CA, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

593

Abstract

We have demonstrated a method by which a network operator can permit direct optical access to his ring without compromising the network integrity due to inadvertent wavelength inaccuracies of remote user equipment. The method imposes only a modest penalty for using a single carrier for both dropping data from the ring and adding it to the ring. Several embodiments are possible. The approach trades off additional terminal complexity for advantages in wavelength control and management

Keywords

optical fibre networks; optical fibre subscriber loops; telecommunication network management; telecommunication traffic; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM networks; direct optical access; dropped optical carriers; dropping data; feed-forward technique; inadvertent wavelength inaccuracies; modest penalty; network integrity; network operator; remote user equipment; single carrier; terminal complexity; wavelength control; wavelength management; Bit error rate; Communication system traffic control; Feedforward systems; High speed optical techniques; Intelligent networks; Optical crosstalk; Optical fiber networks; Optical modulation; Transceivers; WDM networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

LEOS '99. IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society 1999 12th Annual Meeting

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

ISSN

1092-8081

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5634-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.1999.811867

Filename

811867