• 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