Abstract
We present a strategy for graceful capacity upgrades in optical ring networks, based on passive wavelength add/drop modules which are frequency-cyclic. The concept is demonstrated by incorporating a frequency-cyclic node in a five-node metro-scale ring, and characterizing the bit-error rates of multiple 2.5 Gb/s data streams.
© 2001 Optical Society of America
PDF ArticleMore Like This
Ming-Fang Huang, Jason (Jyehong) Chen, Kai-Ming Feng, Tse-Yu Lin, Chia-Chien Wei, Chung-Yu Lai, Sien Chi, Zhonghua Zhu, Yung Jui Chen, Yin-Chieh Huang, and Shih-Jung Chang
CWQ5 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO:S&I) 2006
Yunfeng Shen, Xiangnong Wu, Chao Lu, T.H. Cheng, and M.K. Rao
WY5 Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC) 2001
Yihong Chen and Daniel Al-Salameh
JThE56 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO:S&I) 2005