System and method for dispersion compensation in fibered optical communication paths

Abstract

A system for dispersion compensation for a fibered communication path, the system being configured for connection with a node of the fibered communication path. The system includes a controller; a wavelength selective switch (WSS) communicatively coupled to the controller, the WSS being configured for operatively coupling to at least one fiber of the fibered communication path; and dispersion compensation modules (DCM) optically connected to the WSS. Each DCM is configured to provide a particular compensation for dispersion in light received therein, the controller being configured to determine, for each wavelength received from the at least one fiber, an accumulated dispersion, and cause, for each wavelength received from the at least one fiber, the WSS to send each wavelength to a particular one of the plurality of DCMs having the particular compensation corresponding to the accumulated dispersion of each wavelength.

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