Provisioning in Metro Networks Based on Photonic Integrated WaveBand ROADMs
European Conference on Optical Communication, ECOC
- Volumen: 2018-September
- Fecha: 14 November 2018
- ISBN: 9781538648629
- Source Type: Conference Proceeding
- DOI: 10.1109/ECOC.2018.8535186
- Document Type: Conference Paper
- Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
© 2018 IEEE. A planning strategy overcoming the drawback of large transition bandwidths of photonic integrated WaveBand-ROADMs is proposed. Results show that, on metro horseshoes, integrated WB-ROADMs represent a viable cost-efficient alternative to traditional LCoS-based ROADMs.