DocumentCode
421224
Title
Economic benefits of all-optical cross connects and multi-haul DWDM systems for European national networks
Author
Jones, G.L. ; Forysiak, W. ; Nijhof, J.H.B.
Author_Institution
Marconi, Coventry, UK
Volume
1
fYear
2004
fDate
23-27 Feb. 2004
Firstpage
693
Abstract
A transparent multi-haul OXC architecture provides capex savings of up to 17% against an OADM architecture for a European network. The saving is more significant than in US networks due to shorter connection lengths.
Keywords
economics; wavelength division multiplexing; European national networks; all-optical cross connects; economic benefits; multihaul DWDM systems;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2004. OFC 2004
Conference_Location
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Print_ISBN
1-55752-772-5
Type
conf
Filename
1359622
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