Title :
Assessment of economical interest of transparent switching
Author :
Staessens, Dimitri ; Audouin, Oliver ; Verbrugge, Sofie ; Colle, Didier ; Pickavet, Mario ; Demeester, Piet
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. Technol., Ghent Univ., Belgium
Abstract :
This paper evaluates the node cost reduction expected from introducing transparent switching into a pan-European network. The cost reduction is given as a function of the OXC/PXC cost ratio and the maximum transparency length.
Keywords :
cost reduction; optical communication equipment; optical fibre networks; optical interconnections; optical switches; transparency; cost ratio; economical interest assessment; node cost reduction; optical crossconnect; pan-European network; photonic crossconnect; transparency length; transparent switching;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2005. ECOC 2005. 31st European Conference on
Conference_Location :
IET
Print_ISBN :
0-86341-543-1
