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Design and analysis of active node based multi-channel optical add/drop networks

ABID KARIM1,* , ARIF ALI REHMAN1, ALEEM KHALID ALVI2

Affiliation

  1. Bahria University (Karachi Campus), National Stadium Road Karachi, Pakistan
  2. Computer Engineering Department, College of Computer Sciences and Engineering,King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia

Abstract

Thousands of channels can be transmitted through a single mode fiber using different multiplexing techniques. These multichannel optical systems provide saving in cost of installing and upgrading of lightwave networks. Also they can easily be implemented on existing optical fiber networks. The use of active or intelligent node rather a passive node can further increase the capacity of multi-channel optical networks. In this paper, multi-channel optical add/drop networks are investigated with respect to passive and active nodes. Results show the use of active node in an optical network increases the system capacity and improves the performance of a system.

Keywords

Optical networks, Add/drop optical networks, Multi-channel optical network, Active node optical networks.

Citation

ABID KARIM, ARIF ALI REHMAN, ALEEM KHALID ALVI, Design and analysis of active node based multi-channel optical add/drop networks, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 2, 7, July 2008, pp.415-417 (2008).

Submitted at: Nov. 23, 2007

Accepted at: July 8, 2008