Large-scale AWG Router (15 nodes, 217 paths) Providing Full-mesh and Non-uniform Transmission Capacities

Conference: ECOC 2007 - 33rd European Conference and Exhibition of Optical Communication
09/16/2007 - 09/20/2007 at Berlin, Germany

Proceedings: ECOC 2007

Pages: 2Language: englishTyp: PDF

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Authors:
Moriwaki, O.; Suzuki, K.; Takiguchi, K.; Sakai, Y. (NTT Photonics Laboratories, NTT Corporation, 3-1 Morinosato Wakamiya, Atsugi-shi, Kanagawa Pref., 243-0198 Japan)

Abstract:
We developed an AWG router with non-uniform transmission capacities realizing the best wavelength utilization. The router has a cyclic routing table and its throughput is extended to about three times that of the previous one.