Optical transmission evolution: From digital to analog to ? Network tradeoffs between optical transparency and reduced regeneration cost

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 219-224

  Livas, Jeff ^a  

^a Haryana 122001   (United States)

Author keywords

Reduced cost; Regeneration; Transparent optical networks (TONs)

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL CAPACITY; DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; DIGITAL TO ANALOG CONVERSION; FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; PASSIVE NETWORKS; TRANSPARENCY; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

ALL-OPTICAL NETWORKS; ERBIUM DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIER; NETWORK PERFORMANCE; OPTICAL TRANSMISSION EVOLUTION; TRANSPARENT OPTICAL NETWORKS (TONS);

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 13244279567     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2004.840030     Document Type: Article

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