Title :
Interest of the MIXGRID setup for elastic spectral efficiency
Author_Institution :
Alcatel-Lucent, Nozay, France
Abstract :
We quantify the benefit of elastic WDM networks aligning channels on one irregular grid of optical frequencies on all their transmission links to mitigate the routing constraints. The channels are modulated at constant baud rate with variable bit rate.
Keywords :
telecommunication network routing; wavelength division multiplexing; MIXGRID setup; elastic WDM networks; elastic spectral efficiency; irregular grid; optical frequencies; routing constraints;
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.2013.1643
