Title :
Opportunities for optical protection and restoration
Author_Institution :
Opt. Networking Group, Tellabs Oper., Hawthorne, NY, USA
Abstract :
Summary form only given. Experimentation with optical switching technology by various telecom companies for healing an optical network in the face of equipment and fiber failures has made headlines recently. This talk attempts to check whether such optical protection and restoration (optical recovery henceforth) makes practical sense, given similar mechanisms that are already available at the higher layers (e.g., SONET/SDH or ATM). We then discuss the implications of various network parameters on the implementation of optical recovery.
Keywords :
optical fibre networks; optical switches; protection; telecommunication network reliability; fiber failures; network parameters; optical network; optical protection; optical recovery; optical restoration; optical switching technology; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber losses; Optical fiber networks; Optical sensors; Optical solitons; Optical transmitters; Optical wavelength conversion; Protection; Timing jitter;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibit, 1998. OFC '98., Technical Digest
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-521-8
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.1998.657388
