Simple engineering rules for a transparent waveband-based optical backbone network

Denis Penninckx (1) , Gabriel Charlet (1) , Jean-Christophe Antona (1) , Ludovic Noirie (1)

1 Alcatel Research & Innovation Center

We numerically and experimentally validated the concept of transparent waveband-based optical backbone networks through a 32 × 10 Gbit/s transmission over 3600 km of TeraLight fiber including subequipped optical cross connects, taking into account network constraints on dispersion map and power equalization.

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

Domaines: Réseaux et télécommunications [cs.NI]

Denis Penninckx, Gabriel Charlet, Jean-Christophe Antona, Ludovic Noirie. Simple engineering rules for a transparent waveband-based optical backbone network. Journal of Optical Networking, 2003, 2 (2), pp.38-45. ⟨hal-00764376⟩