1+1 Dedicated Optical-Layer Protection Strategy for Filterless Optical Networks

We propose a dedicated optical-layer protection strategy for filterless optical networks offering a 100% protection ratio by introducing a limited number of wavelength selective components at selected intermediate nodes. A comparison with conventional active photonic switching networks is presented. The results show that the proposed 1+1 protection for filterless networks exhibits a clear cost advantage at similar wavelength usage compared to active switching solutions.