• DocumentCode
    3593318
  • Title

    Upgrading optical networks with elastic transponders

  • Author

    Rival, Olivier ; Morea, Annalisa ; Drid, Hamza ; Brochier, Nicolas ; Le Rouzic, Esther

  • Author_Institution
    Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs., Nozay, France
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We show how rate-adaptive transponders help reduce the cost of optical networks compared to single and mixed-line-rate solutions through a better ability to accommodate growth of traffic and uncertainties in traffic matrices during network upgrades.
  • Keywords
    optical fibre networks; optical receivers; telecommunication traffic; transponders; elastic transponders; network upgrades; optical networks; rate-adaptive transponders; traffic matrices; Algorithm design and analysis; Bandwidth; Capacity planning; Optical fiber networks; Planning; Transponders; Uncertainty;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communications (ECOC), 2012 38th European Conference and Exhibition on
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6706046
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=3593318