[MF2] Network Control

[MF2-3] Spectrum/Space Switching and Multi-Terabit Transmission in Agile Optical Metro Networks

〇M. Svaluto Moreolo¹, R. Martínez¹, L. Nadal¹, J. M. Fabrega¹, N. Tessema², N. Calabretta², R. Stabile², P. Parolari³, A. Gatto³, P. Boffi³, G. Otero⁴, D. Larrabeiti⁴, J. A. Hernández⁴, P. Reviriego⁴, J. P. Fernández-Palacios⁵, V. López⁵, G. Delrosso⁶, C. Neumeyr⁷, K. Solis-Trapala⁸, G. Parladori⁹, G. Gasparini⁹ (¹Centre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC/CERCA), Spain, ²Technische Univ. Eindhoven (TU/e), The Netherlands, ³Politecnico di Milano, Italy, ⁴Univ. Carlos III de Madrid, Spain, ⁵Telefonica Global CTO, Spain, ⁶VTT Technical Research Center of Finland, Finland, ⁷Vertilas GmbH, Germany, ⁸EFFECT Photonics B.V., The Netherlands, ⁹SM Optics, Italy)

Keywords:Switching Systems, Architectures and Network Integrations

An SDN-enabled modular photonic system architecture, including VCSEL-based bandwidth/bitrate variable transceivers, for multi-terabit capacity transmission and agile spectrum/space switching in optical metro networks is presented, providing the proposed technological solutions, programmability aspects and preliminary assessment.