Title :
Colorless/directionless/contentionless optical add/drop architecture applying waveband technologies and colorless mux/demux
Author :
Yamada, Y. ; Hirako, R. ; Hasegawa, Hiroshi ; Sato, Kiminori
Author_Institution :
Nagoya Univ., Nagoya, Japan
Abstract :
This paper proposes a novel optical switch architecture that attains colorless/directionless/contentionless (C/D/C) capabilities. The proposed architecture combines simple switches and AWGs, and is easy to implement. We experimentally confirm its technical feasibility in an experiment.
Keywords :
arrayed waveguide gratings; demultiplexing equipment; multiplexing equipment; optical communication equipment; optical switches; AWG; C/D/C capabilities; colorless MUX/DEMUX; colorless-directionless-contentionless optical add-drop architecture; optical switch architecture; technical feasibility; waveband technologies; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber networks; Optical switches; Ports (Computers); Prototypes;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2012 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0262-3
