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
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