Novel optical fiber self-healing network based on wavelength routing of fiber gratings

The single-direction, self-healing all optical ring networks with double optical fibers based on the wavelength routing character of fiber gratings is introduced in this paper. The four-node network with ring topology can provide 16×10Gb/s optical transmission. The wavelength-selecting character of chirped fiber gratings is used for wavelength routing, and the function of dispersion compensation and multi-channel add/drop is achieved, too. The SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) model is referred to manage this network. Some important parameters are real-time observed to control the network. The results show that, if any optical fiber in the ring is broken down, the interrupted telecommunication service can be recovered automatically in less than 20ms.