Author:
Papapavlou Charalampos,Paximadis Konstantinos,Gomez Braulio,Marom Dan M.,Tomkos Ioannis
Abstract
We analyze a hierarchical optical node architecture supporting flexible band switching using WBSSs across a variety of spatial/spectral granularities from a wavelength channel to full-fiber switching, offering high-performance along with significant size/cost-savings.