A transparent, all-optical, metropolitan network experiment in a field environment: The "TROMETEO" self-healing ring

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 2206-2212

  Arecco, Fulvio ^a,f,g,h   Casella, Federica ^b   Iannone, Eugenio ^b   Mariconda, Alfonso ^c   Merli, Stefano ^d   Pozzi, Francesco ^e   Veghini, Fabrizio ^e  

^a Pirelli Labs SpA   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE UGO BORDONI   (Italy)

^c TELECOM ITALIA   (Italy)

^d Ericsson Telecomunicazioni SpA   (Italy)

^e SIRTI S P A   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^g Marconi SpA   (Italy)

^h Photonic R and D Department   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; METROPOLITAN AREA NETWORKS; MULTIPLEXING EQUIPMENT; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; PROBABILITY;

OPTICAL ADD DROP MULTIPLEXERS (OADM);

FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS;

EID: 0031337007     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.643541     Document Type: Article

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