Optical-layer restoration in a self-healing ring network using a wavelength-blocker-based reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexer

Jiwon Lee, Chul Han Kim

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Abstract

Optical-layer restoration has been demonstrated with a wavelength-blocker (WB) -based reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexer (ROADM). Two 2 × 2 optical switches with a control circuit were placed before and after a WB-based ROADM to provide automatic path restoration under fiber-failure conditions. Using the proposed node configuration, a 3-node self-healing ring (SHR) network has been implemented to demonstrate the feasibility of the automatic optical-layer restoration. From the results, the restoration time was measured to be ~4 ms under fiber-failure conditions, without any additional power penalty in receiver sensitivity.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)23-26
Number of pages4
JournalCurrent Optics and Photonics
Volume2
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 2018

Keywords

  • Optical-layer restoration
  • Reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexer
  • Self-healing ring network

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