Waveband Switching in Multi-Granularity Optical Networks

Ludovic Noirie (1)

1 Alcatel Research & Innovation Center

In this paper, we develop the concept of wavebands in multigranularity optical networks. We first describe this concept and explain its interest in backbone networks, then we show that wavebands are also interesting for metropolitan networks.

Mots clés: optical networks; optical switching; optical crossconnect; multigranularity; waveband

Domaines: Réseaux et télécommunications [cs.NI]

Ludovic Noirie. Waveband Switching in Multi-Granularity Optical Networks. OptoElectronics and Communications Conference, 2002 (OECC'02), Jul 2002, Yokohama, Japan. pp.9A2.2. ⟨hal-00764336⟩