ROADM 101
Originally presented as a learning session at TechEx25, watch this video presentation centered around ROADM uses and its Fixed OADM counterparts: You’ve likely heard of a ROADM (Reconfigurable Optical Add-Drop Multiplexer). You might even think your optical network needs one. But what does a ROADM really do, especially as compared to a Fixed OADM?
This presentation will prepare you with an introduction into this element of a WDM network, including the necessary background to discuss and compare the fundamentals of optical filters, alongside features and recommended ROADM applications.
Allow me to introduce you to some ROADM 101: colorless, directionless, contention-less, and Flex-grid as it may be.
Chad Lamb, Principal Solutions Architect
Chad serves as the Principal Solutions Architect at XKL, helping customers design DWDM network topologies tailored to their specific needs. He holds a PHD in electrical engineering and brings decades of networking experience to the table, with more than 25 years of working at XKL.