Title :
First Trial of Maintenance Friendly Network (MFN) by Switching Spare Field Fibers without Traffic Interruption
Author :
Wellbrock, Glenn ; Tiejun Xia ; Beuerlein, Hubert ; Pollock, Michael ; Lane, Michael ; Shlomovits, Avigdor ; Ganor, Ze´ev ; Roskes, Sandy ; Teixeira, Jose
Author_Institution :
Verizon, Richardson, TX, USA
Abstract :
Maintenance friendly network is demonstrated for first time with three SONET protection schemes fed into a ULH system. Traffic can be switched between six field fibers without triggering protection on 1+1, UPSR, or BLSR configurations.
Keywords :
SONET; optical switches; telecommunication traffic; BLSR; SONET protection schemes; ULH system; UPSR; maintenance friendly network; switching spare field fibers; traffic interruption; Optical fiber cables; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber networks; Optical switches; Protection; SONET; Telecommunication traffic; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-856-8
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2008.4528260
