Abstract

Photonic Integrated Circuit (PIC) based fiberoptic telecommunication systems have changed the implementation of bandwidth management functions in optical transport networks, resulting in the Digital Optical Network. In this advanced network architecture, information is managed in a fashion that is un-constrained by the wavelength on which the information is carried, enabling transparency at the service layer and future-proofing the network. Article not available.

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