Title :
Root mean square (RMS) factor for assessing spectral fragmentation in flexible grid optical networks
Author :
Zilong Ye ; Patel, Ankitkumar ; Ji, Philip ; Chunming Qiao
Author_Institution :
SUNY - Univ. at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
Abstract :
The RMS factor is proposed as a novel measure to quantify spectral fragmentation. Simulation results show that RMS is more effective than the existing measures when used to determine the routing and spectrum assignment.
Keywords :
optical communication; spectral analysis; flexible grid optical networks; root mean square factor; routing; spectral fragmentation; spectrum assignment; Bandwidth; Correlation; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; Routing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fibre Technology, 2014 OptoElectronics and Communication Conference and Australian Conference on
Conference_Location :
Melbourne, VIC
