Title :
Reliable self-healing WDM mesh network structure
Author :
Chang, Ching-Hung ; Peng, Peng-Chun ; Lin, Yi-Tzai ; Sun, Jen-Wei ; Lu, Hai-Han
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electro-Opt. Eng., Nat. Taipei Univ. of Technol., Taipei, Taiwan
Abstract :
A novel self-healing WDM mesh network structure is proposed with economic self-healing functionality. Without the need of wavelength conversion or backup fiber links, 77-channels CATV traffic is successfully restored under single or multiple failure-links happened.
Keywords :
telecommunication traffic; wavelength division multiplexing; CATV traffic; economic self-healing functionality; self-healing WDM mesh network structure; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Mesh networks; Optical fiber networks; Optical films; Optical filters; Optical switches; Optical wavelength conversion; Telecommunication traffic; WDM networks; Wavelength division multiplexing;
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
