Migration Strategies Toward All Optical Metropolitan Access Rings

• Published in: Journal of lightwave technology Vol. 25; no. 8; pp. 1918 - 1930
• Main Authors: Finochietto, J.M., Aracil, J., Ferreiro, A., Fernandez-Palacios Gimenez, J. P., Gonzalez de Dios, O.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY IEEE 01.08.2007; Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: All optical circuits; Applied sciences; Associate members; Capital expenditures; Circuit properties; Comparative analysis; Electric, optical and optoelectronic circuits; Electronics; Exact sciences and technology; Expenditures; Mathematical analysis; Matrices; Matrix methods; Metropolitan area networks; Networks; Optical and optoelectronic circuits; Optical buffering; Optical burst switching; optical circuit switching; Optical fiber communications; Optical fiber networks; optical networks; Optical packet switching; Optical receivers; Optical telecommunications; performance evaluation; SONET; Studies; Switching and signalling; Switching circuits; Switching theory; Synchronous digital hierarchy; Systems, networks and services of telecommunications; Telecommunication traffic; Telecommunications; Telecommunications and information theory; Teletraffic; Traffic engineering; Traffic flow; Europe; Spain; Performance evaluation; Metropolitan area networks; optical burst switching; Optical telecommunication; optical networks; optical circuit switching; Ring network; Metropolitan area network; Optimization; Optical circuit; Optical fiber network; Wide band; Optical switching; Optoelectronic device; Optical fiber communication; Burst switching; Packet switching; Circuit switching; Teletraffic; Receiver; Bandwidth allocation; Market survey; All optical circuit; Access network; Cost analysis; Resource management

Nowadays, network operators are steadily deploying optical circuit switching (OCS) equipment in their metropolitan networks in order to cope with traffic increase and, most importantly, in order to reduce capital expenditures and operational expenditures of existing active technologies. On the other...