Title :
Evolution of traffic grooming from SDH/SONET to flexible grid
Author :
Shuqiang Zhang ; Tornatore, Massimo ; Gangxiang Shen ; Mukherjee, Biswanath
Author_Institution :
Univ. of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA
Abstract :
We review the evolution of traffic grooming from SDH/SONET to evolutionary flexible-grid and elastic-rate technologies and summarize the relevant issues. Sliceable optical transponder is identified as a novel technology that could potentially impact the future grooming paradigm.
Keywords :
SONET; optical communication equipment; transponders; SDH-SONET; elastic-rate technology; evolutionary flexible-grid; optical transponder; traffic grooming evolution;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC 2013), 39th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
London
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-84919-759-5
DOI :
10.1049/cp.2013.1398
