Wavelength Cross-Connect Switching System with Dynamic Capacity Control that uses PLC-based WSS
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:
Taniguchi, Atsushi; Hirano, Akira; Takara, Hidehiko; Hibino, Yoshinori (NTT Network Innovation Laboratories 1-1 Hikari-no-oka, Yokosuka, Kanagawa, 239-0847 Japan)
Goh, Takashi; Mizuno, Takayuki; Kaneko, Akimasa (NTT Photonics Laboratories 3-1 Wakamiya, Morinosato, Atsugi, Kanagawa, 243-0198 Japan)
Abstract:
We propose a wavelength cross-connect (WXC) Switching System with dynamic capacity control that uses Planar-Lightwave-Circuit (PLC)-based wavelength selective switch (WSS). The switching system can realize fast capacity control with simple end-to-end communication.