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IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Communications

Optical Cross-Connect Switch Architectures for Hierarchical Optical Path Networks

Shoji KAKEHASHI, Hiroshi HASEGAWA, Ken-ichi SATO

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This paper proposes new switch architectures for hierarchical optical path cross-connect (HOXC) systems. The architectures allow incremental expansion of system scale in terms of the number of input/output fiber ports, wavebands, and optical paths per waveband. These features assure the cost-effective introduction of HOXCs even at the outset when traffic volume is not so large. Furthermore the effectiveness of the proposed switch architectures is demonstrated in a comparison with single-layer OXCs (conventional OXCs). The results provide useful criteria for the introduction of HOXCs in terms of hardware scale.

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IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Communications Vol.E91-B No.10 pp.3174-3184
Publication Date
2008/10/01
Publicized
Online ISSN
1745-1345
DOI
10.1093/ietcom/e91-b.10.3174
Type of Manuscript
PAPER
Category
Switching for Communications

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