Title :
OpEx savings by reduction of stock of spare parts with Sliceable Bandwidth Variable Transponders
Author :
de la Cruz, Beatriz ; Gonzalez de Dios, Oscar ; Lopez, Victor ; Fernandez-Palacios, Juan Pedro
Author_Institution :
Core Network Evolution Team, Telefonica I+D, Madrid, Spain
Abstract :
This work analyses the OpEx savings related to stock of spare parts for Sliceable Bandwidth Variable Transponders versus traditional fixed rate transponders. Target cost of sliceable transponders based on these OpEx savings is obtained.
Keywords :
cost reduction; telecommunication industry; transponders; OpEx savings; sliceable bandwidth variable transponders; spare parts; stock reduction; Availability; Bandwidth; IP networks; Maintenance engineering; Network topology; Optical fiber networks; 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.5
