DocumentCode
449088
Title
Cross-channel interference due to wavelength switching events in wavelength packet switched WDM networks
Author
Connolly, E. ; Kaszubowska-Anandarajh, A. ; Barry, L.P. ; Dunne, J. ; Mullane, T. ; McDonald, D.
Author_Institution
Res. Inst. for Networks & Commun. Eng., Dublin, Ireland
Volume
3
fYear
2005
fDate
25-29 Sept. 2005
Firstpage
359
Abstract
Investigation of the cross-channel interference in wavelength packet switched networks is presented. The results show that the output of a tunable laser needs to be correctly attenuated during the switching event in order to avoid system performance degradation.
Keywords
interference (signal); laser tuning; optical communication equipment; optical fibre networks; packet switching; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM networks; cross-channel interference; laser attenuation; packet switched networks; system performance degradation; tunable laser; wavelength switching;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
iet
Conference_Titel
Optical Communication, 2005. ECOC 2005. 31st European Conference on
Conference_Location
IET
ISSN
0537-9989
Print_ISBN
0-86341-543-1
Type
conf
Filename
1576280
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