Network cost impact of solutions for mitigating optical impairments: Comparison of methods, techniques, and practical deployments constraints

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 150-157

  Belanger, Michel P ^a,b   Cavallari, Marco ^c  

^a IEEE   (Canada)

^b NORTEL NETWORKS   (Canada)

^c Nortel France   (France)

Author keywords

All optical reach; Branching nodes; Chromatic dispersion compensation; Electronic dispersion compensation module (e DCM); Network cost; Optical add drop multiplexer (OADM); Optical networks

Indexed keywords

CHROMATIC DISPERSION COMPENSATION; ELECTRONIC DISPERSION-COMPENSATION MODULE (E-DCM); NETWORK COSTS; OPTICAL ADD-DROP MULTIPLEXER (OADM);

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTRAINT THEORY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; MULTIPLEXING EQUIPMENT; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS;

EID: 33947622610     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2005.862509     Document Type: Article

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