DocumentCode
161702
Title
Core networks in the flexgrid era
Author
Lord, Andrew
Author_Institution
British Telecommun. plc, Ipswich, UK
fYear
2014
fDate
21-25 Sept. 2014
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
3
Abstract
This invited tutorial summarizes the current research situation for flexgrid networks, describing the components required, issues to be solved, increased network capacity and broader flexibility and techno-economic benefits.
Keywords
optical fibre networks; EON; elastic optical network; flexgrid network capacity; technoeconomic benefit; Adaptive optics; Bandwidth; Modulation; Optical fiber networks; Optical filters; Routing; Wavelength division multiplexing;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2014 European Conference on
Conference_Location
Cannes
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ECOC.2014.6964217
Filename
6964217
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