Abstract
Hierarchical optical cross-connect architectures based on dedicated add/drop switches for terminating traffic is proposed. The architecture can significantly reduce switch scale for implementing colorless/directionless/contentionless capabilities.
© 2011 Optical Society of America
PDF ArticleMore Like This
Ryosuke Hirako, Kiyo Ishii, Hiroshi Hasegawa, Ken-ichi Sato, Hiroshi Takahashi, and Masayuki Okuno
Th.12.A.4 European Conference and Exposition on Optical Communications (ECOC) 2011
R. Hirako, K. Ishii, H. Hasegawa, K. Sato, H. Takahashi, and M. Okuno
OTuE5 Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC) 2011
Y. Yamada, R. Hirako, H. Hasegawa, and K. Sato
JTh2A.44 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (NFOEC) 2012