Title :
A large capacity optical cross-connect architecture exploiting multi-granular optical path routing
Author :
Hai-Chau Le ; Hasegawa, Hiroshi ; Sato, Kiminori
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Nagoya Univ., Nagoya, Japan
Abstract :
We propose a new large-scale optical path cross-connect architecture that uses wavelength and waveband selective switches (WSSs and WBSSs) to exploit multi granular optical path routing. Its effectiveness is verified in a comparison to the conventional OXC system. The results prove that the proposed architecture can offer a substantial switch scale reduction.
Keywords :
multiplexing equipment; optical communication equipment; optical interconnections; optical switches; telecommunication network routing; WBSS; WSS; multigranular optical path routing; optical path cross-connect architecture; waveband selective switches; wavelength selective switches; Micromechanical devices; Mirrors; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; Optical switches; Routing; Optical cross-connect; waveband selective switch; waveband switching; wavelength selective switch;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics in Switching (PS), 2012 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Ajaccio
