Title :
On the regenerators usage in cloud-ready elastic optical networks with distance-adaptive modulation formats
Author :
Goscien, Roza ; Walkowiak, Krzysztof ; Klinkowski, M.
Author_Institution :
Wroclaw Univ. of Technol., Wroclaw, Poland
Abstract :
In this paper, we focus on cloud-ready elastic optical network with distance-adaptive transponders. We analyze the trade-off between number of required regenerators and spectrum usage for a US backbone network with traffic patterns based on Cisco predictions.
Keywords :
adaptive modulation; optical fibre networks; optical modulation; optical repeaters; telecommunication traffic; transponders; Cisco predictions; US backbone network; cloud-ready elastic optical networks; distance-adaptive modulation formats; distance-adaptive transponders; regenerator usage; spectrum usage; traffic patterns; Binary phase shift keying; Minimization; Optical fiber networks; Optimization; Repeaters; Unicast;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2014 European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cannes
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2014.6964172
