DocumentCode
635770
Title
Alien waves: Technology, benefits and standardisation
Author
Lord, Andrew ; Wright, Paul ; Yu Rong Zhou
Author_Institution
British Telecom, Martlesham Heath, Ipswich, UK
fYear
2012
fDate
11-14 Sept. 2012
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
3
Abstract
This paper describes the need for optical interworking between DWDM transport equipment and transponders provided by different vendors and possibly managed by different operators - so-called aliens. It discusses technology, benefits and standards progress.
Keywords
standardisation; transponders; wavelength division multiplexing; DWDM transport equipment; alien waves; optical interworking; standardisation; transponders; Adaptive optics; Monitoring; Optical sensors; Optical switches; Wavelength division multiplexing; alien wavelengths; optical interoperability;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Photonics in Switching (PS), 2012 International Conference on
Conference_Location
Ajaccio
Type
conf
Filename
6608322
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