• DocumentCode
    3701323
  • Title

    All-optical vs. electrical aggregations CAPEX comparisons in a fully-flexible multi-layer transport network

  • Author

    G. Thouénon;C. Betoule;E. Pincemin;P.S. Khodashenas;J.M. Rivas-Moscoso;I. Tomkos

  • Author_Institution
    Orange Labs, 2 Av. Pierre Marzin, 22307 Lannion Cedex, France
  • fYear
    2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    By comparing several multi-layer transport network architectures, we evaluate the CAPEX benefits of new all-optical grooming techniques available in up-coming flexible optical networks and compare them to the more conventional electrical OTN-based aggregation solution.
  • Keywords
    "Optical filters","Optical fibers","Optical switches","Optical fiber networks","Adaptive optics","Optical amplifiers"
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communication (ECOC), 2015 European Conference on
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ECOC.2015.7342021
  • Filename
    7342021