Rack-mounted demonstrator of re-configurable optical metro access ring

Arnaud Dupas (1) , Roger Boislaigue (1) , Laurent Gilbert (1) , Eric Dutisseuil (1) , François Dorgeuille (1) , Thierry Zami (1) , Ludovic Noirie (1)

1 Alcatel Research & Innovation Center

We report on a rack-mounted demonstrator of an optical ring network using cost-effective wavelength-agile transceivers to ease its reconfiguration. Experimental results demonstrate the viability of the concept.

Mots clés: optical networks; metropolitan network; optical switching; optical add-drop multiplexer; waveband

Domaines: Réseaux et télécommunications [cs.NI]

Arnaud Dupas, Roger Boislaigue, Laurent Gilbert, Eric Dutisseuil, François Dorgeuille, et al.. Rack-mounted demonstrator of re-configurable optical metro access ring. 30th European Conference on Optical Communication, 2004 (ECOC'04), Sep 2004, Stockholm, Sweden. pp.WeI6.2. ⟨hal-00764389⟩