Title :
Energy efficiency of IP-over-Elastic optical networks with sliceable optical transponder
Author :
Jiawei Zhang ; Yongli Zhao ; Jie Zhang ; Mukherjee, Biswanath
Author_Institution :
Beijing Univ. of Posts & Telecommun., Beijing, China
Abstract :
We study power consumption of IP-over-Elastic optical networks with different elastic optical transponders. The results show that significant energy saving is achievable using sliceable transponder, and also show how transponder slicability can influence energy saving.
Keywords :
IP networks; energy conservation; transponders; IP-over-elastic optical network; elastic optical transponder; energy efficiency; energy saving; power consumption; sliceable optical transponder; transponder slicability; IP networks; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber networks; Optical receivers; Optical reflection; Optical transmitters; Transponders;
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.W3A.4
