1. Optically restorable WDM ring network using simple add/drop circuitry
- Author
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R. Montagne, Ivan P. Kaminow, B. Glance, and C.R. Doerr
- Subjects
Engineering ,business.industry ,Asynchronous communication ,Wavelength-division multiplexing ,Asynchronous Transfer Mode ,Optical communication ,Drop (telecommunication) ,Ring network ,business ,Telecommunications network ,Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics ,Computer network - Abstract
An optically restorable wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) ring network carrying ATM traffic is presented. It uses a new architecture with simple add/drop circuitry allowing traffic restoration in case of a ring breakage by independent local actions at the affected nodes. Multisession video traffic at 155 Mb/s was demonstrated between stations distributed along the ring. No visible video degradation was observed during the 50 ms restoration time caused by a ring breakage.
- Published
- 1996