DocumentCode
1794413
Title
Demonstration of online spectrum defragmentation enabled by OpenFlow in software-defined elastic optical networks
Author
Shoujiang Ma ; Cen Chen ; Shengru Li ; Mingyang Zhang ; Suoheng Li ; Yan Shao ; Zuqing Zhu ; Lei Liu ; Yoo, S.J.B.
Author_Institution
Univ. of Sci. & Technol. of China, Hefei, China
fYear
2014
fDate
9-13 March 2014
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
3
Abstract
We propose and experimentally demonstrate a control-plane framework to realize online spectrum defragmentation (DF) in software-defined elastic optical networks. Experimental results show that the spectrum DF enabled by OpenFlow reduces the blocking probability effectively.
Keywords
optical communication; probability; telecommunication control; DF; OpenFlow; blocking probability; control-plane framework; online spectrum defragmentation; software-defined elastic optical networks; Adaptive optics; Bandwidth; Computer architecture; Databases; Erbium; Optical fiber networks; Routing;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2014
Conference_Location
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN
978-1-5575-2994-7
Type
conf
DOI
10.1364/OFC.2014.Th1E.6
Filename
6887161
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