Metropolitan DWDM a dynamically configurable ring for the KomNetfield trial in Berlin.

We present the system concept of a dynamically configurable all-optical add/drop multiplexer for metropolitan wavelength division multiplex rings using dense channel spacing (DWDM). We first outline the essential network requirements. Subsequently, an optical system concept is presented that meets t...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:	IEEE Communications magazine 39, 2 (2001).
Main Author:	Stoll, D.
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Subjects:	0.8 Tbit/s. Berlin. German research program. Gigabit Ethernet. KomNet field trial. SONET/SDH. All-optical add/drop multiplexer. All-optical switching technology. Data formats. Dense channel spacing. Dynamic optical channel switching. Dynamically configurable ring. Metro DWDM ring. Metropolitan DWDM. Network elements. Optical system. Optically transparent channels. Routing functions. Tunable fiber Bragg gratings. Wavelength division multiplex rings. Wavelength filtering.