Optical path restoration for up to two failures using preconfigured cycles
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Eiger, Martin I.; Luss, Hanan; Shallcross, David F.
- Source
- 2010 Conference on Optical Fiber Communication (OFC/NFOEC), collocated National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference Optical Fiber Communication (OFC), collocated National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2010 Conference on (OFC/NFOEC). :1-3 Mar, 2010
- Subject
- Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Computing and Processing
Photonics and Electrooptics
Protection
Optical wavelength conversion
Optical design
Optical fiber networks
Network topology
Robustness
Costs
Design methodology
Government
Ultraviolet sources
- Language
We describe a method for designing path protection for single- and multiple-wavelength optical demands surviving up to two failures. Preconfigured cycles cost-effectively provide immediate restoration without intermediate switching or wavelength conversion.