| Recent technological advances have enabled the development of new optical network architectures. Indeed, optical networks made exclusively of passive splitters and fibers are now conceived to offer a cost-efficient and reliable alternative to standard long-haul optical networks. This new technology is called filterless. In order to study its properties in reference networks, a design and simulation platform for filterless networks is proposed in this Master's thesis. Moreover, as the number of wavelengths in filterless networks is often higher than in standard networks, a wavelength blocker placement method that optimizes this component's usage is also outlined. Finally, the results obtained by the design and simulation platform for filterless networks are exposed along with a number of observations drawn from the filterless solution's characteristics. |
