• 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