Advantages of Optical Time Division Multiplexing
Economic optical transport network scalability
- Beyond the “electronic barrier” where single wavelength bit rates can exceeding 40 Gb/s
- Fewer network components to manage and operate (fewer ports on cross-connect systems)
- Support economic scaling of network: “increase capacity 4x at 2.5x cost”
All-optical network processing w/o electronic conversion
- Wavelength conversion and 3R regeneration at high bit rates
- Optical logic processing: parity checking, regenerative memories
New services for high-end applications
- Synchronous transport for distributed computing systems
High capacity links for ultra-long haul using solitons