• DocumentCode
    1795533
  • Title

    Elastic optical networks: Flex-grid or flex-rate?

  • Author

    van den Borne, Dirk ; Jansen, Slinger

  • Author_Institution
    Juniper Networks, Munich, Germany
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    6-10 July 2014
  • Firstpage
    18
  • Lastpage
    20
  • Abstract
    Next-generation optical transceivers will need to elastically adapt their line rate and channel spacing to actual network characteristics. In this paper we compare the impact of flex-grid and flex-rate technology on the achievable network capacity.
  • Keywords
    channel capacity; channel spacing; next generation networks; optical fibre networks; optical transceivers; channel spacing; elastic optical networks; flex-grid technology; flex-rate technology; line rate; network capacity; next-generation optical transceivers; Optical crosstalk; Optical fiber networks; Optical filters; Optical pulse shaping; Optical signal processing; Optical transmitters; Transceivers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fibre Technology, 2014 OptoElectronics and Communication Conference and Australian Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Melbourne, VIC
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6887977
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1795533