Title :
Demonstration of novel spectrum-efficient elastic optical path network with per-channel variable capacity of 40 Gb/s to over 400 Gb/s
Author :
Jinno, M. ; Takara, H. ; Kozicki, B. ; Tsukishima, Y. ; Yoshimatsu, T. ; Kobayashi, T. ; Miyamoto, Y. ; Yonenaga, K. ; Takada, A. ; Ishida, O. ; Matsuoka, S.
Author_Institution :
NTT Network Innovation Labs., Yokosuka
Abstract :
We demonstrated, for the first time, a novel spectrum-efficient elastic optical path network for 100 Gb/s services and beyond, based on flexible rate transceivers and variable-bandwidth wavelength crossconnects.
Keywords :
channel capacity; optical communication; transceivers; flexible rate transceivers; per-channel variable capacity; spectrum-efficient elastic optical path network; variable-bandwidth wavelength crossconnects; Bandwidth; OFDM; Optical buffering; Optical fiber networks; Optical modulation; Optical packet switching; Optical transmitters; Repeaters; Technological innovation; Transceivers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2008. ECOC 2008. 34th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Brussels
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2227-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2228-9
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2008.4729581
