Robust photonic transport network implementation with optical cross-connect systems

We adopt the optical path concept to develop a photonic transport network. Because robustness is critical in a nationwide backbone network, we implement, as a first step, digital frame-based optical path network systems. NTT has developed several types of photonic transport systems. They are an optical path cross-connect system which has little quality of service monitoring large-scale integration circuit for each wavelength; a photonic transport payload assembler-disassembler, which accommodates client signals into optical path payloads and vice versa; and a repeater. The implementation of a PTS is depicted. A network-element-level operating system and an optical-network-level operating system are required to operate the WDM photonic transport network. We introduce a TMN-based network operating system. Finally, an overview of NTT's photonic transport network trial is presented.