Digital Subcarrier-based Point-to-Multipoint Trees in ROADM-based Networks

Conference: ECOC 2024 - 50th European Conference on Optical Communication
09/22/2024 - 09/26/2024 at Frankfurt, Germany

Proceedings: ITG-Fb. 317: ECOC 2024

Pages: 4Language: englishTyp: PDF

Authors:
Skorin-Kapov, Nina; Pavon-Marino, Pablo; Quagliotti, Marco; Riccardi, Emilio; Napoli, Antonio; Pedro, Joao; de Dios, Oscar Gonzalez

Abstract:
Subcarrier-based Point-to-Multipoint (P2MP) connections significantly reduce transceiver costs compared to Point-to-Point but are not natively supported by commercial ROADMs and generally occupy more spectrum. We propose forming linear hub-ended P2MP-trees which can be established by a simple presented ROADM modification while also reducing spectral occupation.