Title :
The Transition to Metro WDM Optical Meshes
Author :
Jenkins, David W ; Scholtens, Dale A
Author_Institution :
Tellabs, Naperville, IL, USA
Abstract :
The most cost effective transport for high bandwidth metro networks uses ROADM enabled DWDM technology, with ring based protection. With appropriate engineering early on, such networks can gracefully and cost effectively evolve to optical meshes.
Keywords :
metropolitan area networks; multiplexing equipment; optical communication equipment; optical fibre networks; wavelength division multiplexing; ROADM enabled DWDM; high bandwidth metro network; metro WDM optical mesh; Bandwidth; Costs; Optical amplifiers; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber networks; Protection; SONET; Synchronous digital hierarchy; WDM networks; 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.2008.4528323
