Experimental Study of Energy-Efficient WDM Transponder Utilizing Adaptive Interface Control with Link-Aggregation of Ethernet Links

Noboru YOSHIKANE; Itsuro MORITA; Hideaki TANAKA

doi:10.1587/transcom.E94.B.1860

Joint Special Section on Opto-electronics and Communications for Future Optical Network

Experimental Study of Energy-Efficient WDM Transponder Utilizing Adaptive Interface Control with Link-Aggregation of Ethernet Links

Noboru YOSHIKANE, Itsuro MORITA, Hideaki TANAKA

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Keywords: energy saving, adaptive interface control, link aggregation, WDM transponder

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2011 Volume E94.B Issue 7 Pages 1860-1867

DOI https://doi.org/10.1587/transcom.E94.B.1860

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Abstract

The design of an energy-efficient wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) transponder is proposed and effectiveness of the proposed WDM transponder is experimentally studied. The proposed WDM transponder interworking with the link-aggregation technique possessed by a layer 2 switch can achieve power saving depending on traffic volume variations by utilizing an adaptive interface control. Monitoring methods for the link connectivity of a sleep link are also discussed.

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