Cost and performance issues of a packet-optical add/drop multiplexer technology

D. Chiaroni (1) , Gema Buforn (1) , Christian Simonneau (1) , Jean-Christophe Antona (1) , Annie Gravey (2) , Bogdan Uscumlic (2, 3) , Philippe Gravey (3) , Dominique Barth (4) , Christian Cadéré (4)

1 Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs France [Nozay]
2 INFO - Département informatique
3 OPT - Département Optique
4 PRISM - Parallélisme, Réseaux, Systèmes, Modélisation

This paper analyses techno-economical and performance aspects of a packet-OADM-based ring network. The paper demonstrates that this solution could reduce CAPEX of nodes while maintaining high performance.

Mots clés: Optical packet switching; Ring network

Domaines: Ingénierie, finance et science [cs.CE]

D. Chiaroni, Gema Buforn, Christian Simonneau, Jean-Christophe Antona, Annie Gravey, et al.. Cost and performance issues of a packet-optical add/drop multiplexer technology. PIS'09 : Photonics in Switching, Sep 2009, Pisa, Italy. ⟨hal-02288805⟩