Performance of a wavelength-routed all-optical network at over 100 Gigabit/s

There are several network services provided by the 20 channel (50 GHz spaced) all-optical network (AON) testbed deployed in the Boston metropolitan area. In this work, we report on a new metropolitan area service with 10 Gbps access rates per channel using tunable transmitters and receivers to suppo...

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Main Authors: Hemenway, B.R., Stevens, M.L., Parikh, S.A., Marquis, D., Swanson, E.A.
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
All-optical networks
Broadcasting
High speed optical techniques
Optical fiber networks
Optical fiber testing
Optical interconnections
Optical receivers
Optical transmitters
Space technology
Urban areas
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Summary:There are several network services provided by the 20 channel (50 GHz spaced) all-optical network (AON) testbed deployed in the Boston metropolitan area. In this work, we report on a new metropolitan area service with 10 Gbps access rates per channel using tunable transmitters and receivers to support, for instance, SONET OC-192 users. We demonstrate operation of more than 10 independent local and metropolitan channels for a total data rate exceeding 100 Gigabit/s. This is the first time such high rates have been demonstrated in a dense WDM system utilizing all-optical wavelength routing and partitioning for wavelength and channel re-use.
DOI:10.1109/LEOSST.1996.540690