• DocumentCode
    670719
  • Title

    Flex-grid optical network supporting multicasting at high transmission rates

  • Author

    Sambo, Nicola ; Cugini, F. ; Berrettini, G. ; Meloni, Gianluca ; Paolucci, Francesco ; Poti, Luca

  • Author_Institution
    Scuola Superiore Sant´Anna, Pisa, Italy
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    16-20 Sept. 2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    A flex-grid network supporting optical multicast controlled by PCE is presented. The experimental demonstration includes bandwidth-variable WSSs, 100/200Gb/s transmission, PM-QPSK/PM-16QAM formats, and enhanced point-to-multipoint PCEP extensions for flex-grid.
  • Keywords
    multicast communication; optical communication; quadrature amplitude modulation; quadrature phase shift keying; PM-16QAM format; PM-QPSK format; bandwidth-variable WSS; bit rate 100 Gbit/s; bit rate 200 Gbit/s; enhanced point-to-multipoint PCEP extensions; flex-grid optical network; multicasting; optical multicast; Adaptive optics; Optical arrays; Optical attenuators; Optical modulation; Optical polarization; Ports (Computers); Quadrature amplitude modulation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communications (ECOC), 2012 38th European Conference and Exhibition on
  • Conference_Location
    Amsterdam
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6705951