Optical Switching in Future Fiber-Optic
Networks Utilizing Spectral and Spatial
Degrees of Freedom
Forthcoming capacity
scaling requirements of optical networks and advances in optical
fiber communications beyond the omnipresent single-mode fiber
operating over the conventional band introduces new opportunities
and challenges for exploiting the expanded spectral and spatial
resources available for fiber-optic network designs. The spectral
and spatial degrees of freedom introduce utilization tradeoffs that
can be leveraged under different applications. After briefly
reviewing the supporting network building elements (emerging fiber
types, multiplexers, optical switches, and amplifiers), networking
scenarios such as intra/inter datacenter, terrestrial, undersea, and
wireless 5G/6G hauling networks are considered and the best
utilization plan and key attributes that can be harnessed by the
offered spectral and spatial degrees of freedom for each scenario
and how optical switching can be employed therein for traffic
management are identified. Networks supporting these scenarios are
experiencing tremendous traffic growth pushing their existing
implementations to their physical capacity-distance limits. New
network builds must offer significant capacity multipliers in an
efficient and cost-effective manner, requiring new switching
solutions for supporting the unabated traffic growths foreseen in
the years to come. How space-division multiplexed networks can help
address this challenge in key communication scenarios is also
discussed in
Optical Switching in Future Fiber-Optic Networks Utilizing Spectral
and Spatial (IEEE).
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Modems, 4G Modems, 5G Modems, 6G Modems, Satellite Modems, PSTN
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inventors of PLC MODEMS, Optimum or Robust Multi-User or
Single-User MIMO fixed or mobile packet radio structures in the
world.
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TACS is a leading top consultancy in the field of information, communication
and energy technologies (ICET).
The heart of our consulting spectrum comprises strategic,
organizational, and technology-intensive tasks that arise from the use of new
information, communication and energy technologies. The major emphasis in our work is found in innovative consulting and
implementation solutions which result from the use of modern information,
communication and energy technologies.
TACS
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on technology for strategic decisions
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innovations forward as part of our service offerings to customers
worldwide
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integral solutions on the basis of our integrated business and technological
competence in the ICET sector
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architectures for fixed or mobile, wired or wireless communications systems
and networks
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