Optical interconnection of core and metro networks

Andrew D. Ellis, David Cotter, Selwan K. Ibrahim, Ruwan Weerasuriya, C.W. Chow, Juerg Leuthold, Wolfgang Freude, Stylianos Sygletos, Philipp Vorreau, R. Bonk, David Hillerkuss, Ioannis Tomkos, A. Tzanakaki, C. Kouloumentas, David J. Richardson, Periklis Petropoulos, Francesca Parmigiani, George Zarris, Dimitra Simeonidou

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    Abstract

    A network concept is introduced that exploits transparent optical grooming of traffic between an access network and a metro core ring network. This network is enabled by an optical router that allows bufferless aggregation of metro network traffic into higher-capacity data streams for core network transmission. A key functionality of the router is WDM to time-division multiplexing (TDM) transmultiplexing.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)928-935
    Number of pages8
    JournalJournal of Optical Networking
    Volume7
    Issue number11
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1 Nov 2008

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    © 2008 Optical Society of America
    This paper was published in Journal of Optical Networking and is made available as an electronic reprint with the permission of OSA. The paper can be found at the following URL on the OSA website: http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/JON.7.000928. Systematic or multiple reproduction or distribution to multiple locations via electronic or other means is prohibited and is subject to penalties under law.

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