Method for defining connection parameters and optical OFDM-modulated WDM transmission network

摘要

The method involves setting a data rate for a data transmission between two network nodes, and selecting an optical connection path assigned to a communication link for data transfer between the network nodes, where the selected optical connection path connects the network nodes optically transparent with each other. The transmission channel is defined for transmitting signals along the optical connection path by an optical multi-carrier signal modulated corresponding to the Orthogonal frequency division multiplexingmodulation scheme. An independent claim is included for an optical data transmission network with multiple network nodes and a selection unit for selecting an optical communication path.