Title :
Future highly-efficient optical networks
Author :
Willner, Alan Eli
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Southern California Univ., Los Angeles, CA, USA
Abstract :
In the 10-year horizon, optical networks may take evolutionary or revolutionary paths towards higher capacity, robustness, configurability, and flexibility. We will explore key technical challenges that are being pursued within the areas of monitoring for plug-&-play operation, packet switching, and traffic convergence.
Keywords :
optical fibre networks; optical switches; packet switching; telecommunication network reliability; telecommunication traffic; network capacity; network configurability; network flexibility; optical network; packet switching; plug-and-play operation; traffic convergence; Computerized monitoring; Convergence; Costs; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber networks; Optical packet switching; Resource management; Robustness; Telecommunication traffic;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-795-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2005.202021
