• DocumentCode
    161045
  • Title

    Traffic forecast impact on spectrum fragmentation in gridless optical networks

  • Author

    Amar, Djamel ; Le Rouzic, Esther ; Brochier, Nicolas ; Bonetto, Edoardo ; Lepers, Catherine

  • Author_Institution
    Orange Labs., Lannion, France
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    21-25 Sept. 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    Gridless Technology increases the spectral efficiency of optical fiber transmissions, introducing however spectrum fragmentation. In this work, we show that traffic forecast permits to avoid spectrum fragmentation, even with an uncertainty of 10% on the growth rate.
  • Keywords
    optical fibre networks; telecommunication traffic; gridless optical networks; optical fiber transmissions; spectral efficiency; spectrum fragmentation; traffic forecast impact; Bandwidth; Modulation; Optical fiber networks; Planning; Robustness; Transponders; Uncertainty;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communication (ECOC), 2014 European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Cannes
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ECOC.2014.6963877
  • Filename
    6963877