• DocumentCode
    1590749
  • Title

    Dynamic bandwidth allocation in flexible OFDM-based networks

  • Author

    Christodoulopoulos, K. ; Tomkos, I. ; Varvarigos, E.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Comput. Eng. & Inf., Univ. of Patras, Patras, Greece
  • fYear
    2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We propose a general policy to allocate subcarriers to time-varying traffic in a flexible OFDM optical network. We compare the OFDM network performance to that of a fixed-grid WDM network using simulations.
  • Keywords
    OFDM modulation; bandwidth allocation; optical communication; performance evaluation; telecommunication traffic; wavelength division multiplexing; OFDM network performance; OFDM optical network; dynamic bandwidth allocation; fixed-grid WDM network; flexible OFDM-based network; subcarrier; time-varying traffic; OFDM; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; Optical packet switching; Upper bound; WDM networks;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2011 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
  • Conference_Location
    Los Angeles, CA
  • ISSN
    pending
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-0213-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5875580