Architectural analysis of multiple fiber ring networks employing optical paths

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1794-1804

  Nagatsu, Naohide ^a,b,c,d   Watanabe, Atsushi ^a,b,d,e   Okamoto, Satoru ^a,b,d,f   Sato, Ken Ichi ^a,b,d,g,h  

^a IEEE   (Japan)

^b NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Institute of Electronics   (Japan)

^e IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^h Intl Jnl of Commmunication Systems

Author keywords

Optical path; Ring network; VWP; WDM; WP

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BANDWIDTH; ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; PERFORMANCE;

MULTIPLE FIBER RING NETWORKS; OPTICAL PATH;

FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS;

EID: 0031257573     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.633556     Document Type: Article

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