Title :
Cost analysis of super-channel based colorless, directionless and contentionless (CDC) ROADM architectures
Author :
Anuj Malik;Marco Sosa
Author_Institution :
Infinera Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA, USA
Abstract :
This paper compares the incremental cost of CDC features in super-channel based and wavelength based ROADM architectures. A real world network model analysis shows fewer network components and less incremental cost with super-channel CDC ROADM.
Keywords :
"Optical switches","Optical add-drop multiplexers","Ports (Computers)","Cost benefit analysis","Computer architecture","Optical fiber networks","Optical devices"
Conference_Titel :
Photonics in Switching (PS), 2015 International Conference on
DOI :
10.1109/PS.2015.7329013
