Title :
Green grooming in elastic optical networks
Author :
Ying Wu ; Weigang Hou ; Lei Guo ; Yejun Liu ; Zhimin Sun
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Inf. Sci. & Eng., Northeastern Univ., Shenyang, China
Abstract :
The elastic optical network has been a promising solution due to flexible spectrum provisioning. But the components consume more power compared with ordinary ones. Thus we study green grooming for improving spectrum and power efficiencies.
Keywords :
optical fibre networks; wavelength division multiplexing; elastic optical network; flexible spectrum provisioning; green grooming; power efficiency; spectrum efficiency; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber networks; Optical modulation; Power demand; Telecommunication traffic;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2014
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-5575-2994-7
DOI :
10.1364/OFC.2014.Th1E.6
