Title :
Bridge-and-roll demonstration in GRIPhoN (globally reconfigurable intelligent photonic network)
Author :
Zhang, Xiaolan J. ; Birk, Martin ; Chiu, Angela ; Doverspike, Robert ; Feuer, Mark D. ; Magill, Peter ; Mavrogiorgis, Emmanuil ; Pastor, Jorge ; Woodward, Sheryl L. ; Yates, Jennifer
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
Abstract :
We describe a ROADM architecture for a dynamically reconfigurable photonic network and demonstrate the performance of a photonic-layer bridge-and-roll that could improve the operational flexibility of optical transport networks.
Keywords :
intelligent networks; multiplexing; optical fibre networks; GRIPhoN; ROADM architecture; bridge-and-roll demonstration; globally reconfigurable intelligent photonic network; optical transport networks; photonic-layer bridge-and-roll demonstration; reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer networks; Circuits; Costs; Intelligent networks; Optical fiber networks; Optical switches; Repeaters; Software maintenance; Testing; Transponders; Wavelength routing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication (OFC), collocated National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2010 Conference on (OFC/NFOEC)
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-884-1
