A cost-effective approach to introduce an optical WDM network in the metropolitan environment.

A cost-effective approach to introduce an optical WDM network in the metropolitan environment.

A case study shows that an optical wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) network can be employed in a metropolitan network in a cost effective way. In part, cost savings are realized due to the total number of line terminals required and the fact that the dimensions of the electrical nodes decrease...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:IEEE Journal on selected areas in communications 16, 7 (1998).
Main Author: Johansson, S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
All-optical approach.
Cost savings.
Cost-effective approach.
Electrical nodes.
Line terminals.
Metropolitan network.
Optical WDM network.
Optical WDM rings.
Optical cross connects.
Opto-electrical approach.
Ring architectures.
Ring-to-ring connections.
Wavelength division multiplexing.