A transparent WDM network featuring shared virtual rings

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1955-1963

  Iannone, P P ^a   Reichmann, K C ^a   Smiljanic, A ^a   Frigo, N J ^a   Gnauck, A H ^a   Spiekman, L H ^b   Derosier, R M ^a  

^a AT AND T LABS RESEARCH   (United States)

^b JDS UNIPHASE   (United States)

Author keywords

Metropolitan area networks; Optical fiber communication; Optical modulation; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Wavelength division multiplexing

Indexed keywords

BIT ERROR RATE; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; FIBER OPTICS; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; LIGHT MODULATION; MODULATORS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; PACKET SWITCHING; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES;

METROPOLITAN AREA NETWORK; OPTICAL FIBER COMMUNICATION; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS; VIRTUAL RINGS;

WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

EID: 0034453151     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.908802     Document Type: Article

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