Title
Robust photonic transport network implementation with optical cross connect systems
Abstract
We adopt the optical path concept to develop a photonic transport network. Because robustness is critical in a nationwide backbone network, we implement, as a first step, digital frame-based optical path network systems. NTT has developed several types of photonic transport systems. They are an optical path cross-connect system which has little quality of service monitoring large-scale integration circuit for each wavelength; a photonic transport payload assembler-disassembler, which accommodates client signals into optical path payloads and vice versa; and a repeater. The implementation of a PTS is depicted. A network-element-level operating system and an optical-network-level operating system are required to operate the WDM photonic transport network. We introduce a TMN-based network operating system. Finally, an overview of NTT's photonic transport network trial is presented
Year
DOI
Venue
2000
10.1109/35.825646
IEEE Communications Magazine
Keywords
DocType
Volume
nationwide backbone network,wdm photonic transport network,photonic transport system,network system,optical cross,tmn-based network operating system,digital frame-based optical path,cross-connect system,photonic transport payload assembler-disassembler,photonic transport network,photonic transport network trial,robust photonic transport network,robustness,operating systems,repeater,quality of service,wavelength division multiplexing,optical cross connect,spine,network interfaces,wavelength,operating system,payloads,circuits
Journal
38
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
3
0163-6804
19
PageRank 
References 
Authors
1.71
2
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Satoru Okamoto1332.82
M. Koga2452.90
H. Suzuki323831.31
K. Kawai4276.66