Lightpath (optical network)
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In optical networking, a lightpath is a path between two nodes in an optical network between which light passes through unmodified.
Description
[edit | edit source]When a lightpath can be established between source and destination node endpoints the connection is totally optical and avoids bandwidth throttling by intermediate electronic conversions and processing.[1] Where a lightpath passes through an Optical add-drop multiplexer (OADM) is known as a cut-through lightpath. Where a lightpath is added or dropped at an OADM, it is known as an added/dropped lightpath.[2]
Semi-lightpath
[edit | edit source]Where endpoints are connected by a series of lightpaths with the intermediate nodes only changing the light wavelength at the junctions this may be referred to as a semi-lightpath.[3]
See also
[edit | edit source]- Wavelength switched optical network
- Multicast lightpaths
- Network Description Language
References
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