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                                       Conventional  Input Light                                   Receivers
                    Figure 5-5         frequency
                                       light
                    WDM systems
                                       sources      1                                                1
                                                    2                                                2
                                                                          OADM
                                                                                   Fiber
                                                    3                                                3
                                       Selectable   4                                                4
                                       frequency            Wave Integration  In  Out         Wave Separation
                                       light                            R E   X M
                                       source                           C     T

                                                                       Node
                                                                            Selectable frequency
                                                                               light source
                                                                                                    lN
                                                    N                                               λN N




                    Table 5-1           DWDM         Number         Number      Number      Total
                                        Level                       OC-48       OC-192      Throughput
                    Summary of the
                    Current Capacity    1            1              1           -           2.5 Gbps
                    of DWDM                          2              2                       5.0 Gbps
                    Services
                                        2            4              4                       10 Gbps
                                                     1                          1

                                        3            8              8                       20 Gbps
                                                     2                          2

                                        4            4 Hybrid       1           2           25 Gbps
                                        5            16             16                      40 Gbps
                                                     4                          4

                                        6            8 Hybrid       4           4           50 Gbps

                                        7            32 Hybrid      32          8           80 Gbps
                                        8            16             12          4           100 Gbps
                                        9            16             -           16          160 Gbps

                                        10           32 Hybrid      16          16          200 Gbps

                                        11           32             -           32          320 Gbps
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