Flexible optical cross-connects for high bit rate elastic photonic transport networks [Invited]
2016
We present here the work performed in the EU-funded flexible optical cross-connect (FOX-C) project, which investigates and develops new flexible optical switching solutions with ultra-fine spectral granularity. Thanks to high spectral resolution filtering elements, the sub-channel content can be dropped from or added to a super-channel, offering high flexibility to optical transport networks through the fine adaptability of the network resources to the traffic demands. For the first time, the FOX-C solutions developed in the project are investigated here and evaluated experimentally. Their efficiency is demonstrated over two high spectral efficiency modulation schemes, namely multi-band orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (MB-OFDM) and Nyquist WDM (N-WDM) formats. Finally, in order to demonstrate the relevance of the FOX-C node concepts, a networking study comparing the economic advantages of the FOX-C optical aggregation solution versus the electronic one is performed.
Keywords:
- Photonics
- Computer science
- Computer network
- Electronic engineering
- Orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing
- Adaptability
- Spectral efficiency
- Bandwidth (signal processing)
- Optical Transport Network
- Optical switch
- Wavelength-division multiplexing
- Digital cross connect system
- Modulation
- Electrical engineering
- Polarization mode dispersion
- Correction
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