Passive Virtual Optical Networking Technique Using a Cyclic N × N Arrayed Waveguide Grating for Multiple Multihop Ring Networks

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 948-950

  Chae, Chang Joon ^a   Tucker, Rodney S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Optical access network; Optical local area network; Optical network; Optical ring network; Virtual optical network

Indexed keywords

BIT ERROR RATE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; OPTICAL LINKS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC; TRANSCEIVERS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

OPTICAL ACCESS NETWORK; OPTICAL LOCAL AREA NETWORK; OPTICAL RING NETWORK; VIRTUAL OPTICAL NETWORK; VIRTUAL OPTICAL NETWORKING;

FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS;

EID: 1642633798     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2004.823742     Document Type: Article

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