Field trial of an ASON in the metropolitan area

Author

Richter, A. ; Fischler, W. ; Buchwieser, A. ; Stilling, B. ; Lankl, Berthold

Author_Institution

Opt. Networks, Adv. Technol., Siemens AG, Munich, Germany

fYear

2002

fDate

17-22 Mar 2002

Firstpage

43

Lastpage

45

Abstract

We presented a field trial of an automatically switched optical network (ASON) for the metropolitan area, as part of the "KomNet" project. We investigated the performance of the network as well as the multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) based routing and restoration processes. All main functions of an ASON-NNI were demonstrated in the field, which represents a further step towards real implementation of a dynamically configurable OTNs.

Keywords

metropolitan area networks; multiprotocol label switching; optical fibre networks; optical repeaters; routing protocols; wavelength division multiplexing; ASON; ASON-NNI; KomNet project; MPLS based routing; automatically switched optical network; dynamically configurable OTN; metropolitan area; multiprotocol label switching based routing; optical regenerators; restoration processes; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber networks; Optical fiber polarization; Optical wavelength conversion; Polarization mode dispersion; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Synchronous digital hierarchy; Urban areas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibit, 2002. OFC 2002

Print_ISBN

1-55752-701-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.2002.1036192

Filename

1036192