Title :
What is the benefit of elastic superchannel for WDM network?
Author_Institution :
Alcatel-Lucent, Nozay, France
Abstract :
We discuss the benefits and compromises of elastic spectral efficiency implemented with Nyquist superchannels for the WDM mesh networks featuring static or incremental traffic.
Keywords :
optical fibre networks; wavelength division multiplexing; Nyquist superchannels; WDM mesh networks; elastic spectral efficiency; elastic superchannel; incremental traffic; static traffic;
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.2013.1425
