The Transition to Metro WDM Optical Meshes

David W. Jenkins; Dale A. Scholtens

Optical Fiber Communication Conference/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
OSA Technical Digest (CD) (Optica Publishing Group, 2008),
paper NWF1

The Transition to Metro WDM Optical Meshes

David W. Jenkins and Dale A. Scholtens

National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference 2008

San Diego, California United States
24–28 February 2008
ISBN: 978-1-55752-858-2

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Multi-Layer and Mesh Networks (NWF)

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Abstract

The most cost effective transport for high bandwidth metro networks uses ROADM enabled DWDM technology, with ring based protection. With appropriate engineering early on, such networks can gracefully and cost effectively evolve to optical meshes.

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