Fast restoration in a mesh network of optical cross-connects

OFC/IOOC 1999 - Optical Fiber Communication Conference and the International Conference on Integrated Optics and Optical Fiber Communication

Volumn 1, Issue , 1999, Pages 170-172

  Doverspike, R D ^a   Sahin, G ^a   Strand, J L ^a   Tkach, R W ^a  

^a AT AND T LABS RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROSS CONNECTIONS (WATER DISTRIBUTION); FAULT DETECTION; FIBERS; INTEGRATED OPTICS; MESH GENERATION; MESH NETWORKING; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; RESTORATION;

ADD/DROP; DISTRIBUTED RESTORATION; ELECTRONIC SIGNALS; FAST RESTORATION; OPTICAL CROSSCONNECTS; SONET RINGS;

OPTICAL FIBER COMMUNICATION;

EID: 84891447138     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/OFC.1999.767828     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (4)

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4. E. L. Goldstein, J. A. Nagel, J. L. Strand, and R. W. Tkach, "Multiwavelength opaque optical-crossconnect networks," Lightwave, February 1998.