Scalability issues in corporate optical backbone wavelength division multiplexing add/drop ring networks

Stavdas, A; Bona, GL; Denzel, W

dc.contributor.author	Stavdas, A	en
dc.contributor.author	Bona, GL	en
dc.contributor.author	Denzel, W	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T01:15:52Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T01:15:52Z
dc.date.issued	2000	en
dc.identifier.issn	0030-4018	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/13780
dc.subject	wavelength division multiplexing	en
dc.subject	corporate networks	en
dc.subject	ring networks	en
dc.subject	scalability	en
dc.subject	add/drop	en
dc.subject.classification	Optics	en
dc.subject.other	AFTER-DROP FILTER	en
dc.subject.other	STIMULATED RAMAN	en
dc.subject.other	FLAT PASSBAND	en
dc.subject.other	WDM NETWORKS	en
dc.subject.other	POWER	en
dc.subject.other	TECHNOLOGY	en
dc.subject.other	SCATTERING	en
dc.title	Scalability issues in corporate optical backbone wavelength division multiplexing add/drop ring networks	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1016/S0030-4018(00)00944-5	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0030-4018(00)00944-5	en
heal.language	English	en
heal.publicationDate	2000	en
heal.abstract	The corporate optical backbone network (COBNET) joint research project is aiming at the next generation of highperformance corporate networks based on wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) add/drop rings. Scalability considerations are of primary importance for these networks. Based on the measured spectral performance for WDM tunable add-after-drop filters fabricated in planar waveguide technology, the operational parameters of the ring network have been optimized using the bit error rates at the corresponding receivers as merit functions. With the current performance of the add-after-drop filters, a ring with three add/drop nodes, each dropping and adding a single wavelength, can be constructed. If these filters are used, a COBNET-like network will be power limited. The projected loss performance of the filters indicates that a network with five add/drop nodes is feasible. With the addition of an optical amplifier at the mid-point of the network that exactly compensates the losses in the first half of the network, the feasibility of an eight-node ring has been demonstrated. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.	en
heal.publisher	ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV	en
heal.journalName	OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1016/S0030-4018(00)00944-5	en
dc.identifier.isi	ISI:000089759300017	en
dc.identifier.volume	184	en
dc.identifier.issue	1-4	en
dc.identifier.spage	127	en
dc.identifier.epage	139	en