Physical-Layer Challenges in Stable, High-Capacity Optical Communication Networks

Author

Willner, Alan E.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

fYear

2006

fDate

Oct. 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

Optical communications has enjoyed explosive growth in terms of technical achievement as well as commercial implementation. This paper will contain three main sections. Firstly, a broad perspective will be given on some of the future trends in optical communication systems. Secondly, technical issues will be described that relate to stable, robust optical networking, including performance monitoring, channel-degrading effects, and switching. Finally, adding flexibility and reconfigurability to different aspects of the base optical technologies will be discussed.

Keywords

optical fibre networks; telecommunication channels; telecommunication network management; telecommunication switching; telecommunication traffic; channel-degrading effects; optical communication network; optical technology; performance monitoring; reconfigurability; switching; Electron optics; Explosives; Monitoring; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber networks; Optical signal processing; Optical wavelength conversion; Resource management; Robustness; Telecommunication traffic;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication & Optoelectronic Exposition & Conference, 2006. AOE 2006. Asian

Conference_Location

Shanghai, China

Print_ISBN

978-0-9789217-0-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AOE.2006.307311

Filename

4100021