Title :
IP traffic offloading to elastic optical layer using multi-flow optical transponder
Author :
Jinno, M. ; Sone, Y. ; Takara, H. ; Hirano, A. ; Yonenaga, K. ; Kawai, S.
Author_Institution :
NTT Network Innovation Labs., NTT Corp., Yokosuka, Japan
Abstract :
We propose introducing a multi-flow optical transponder combined with elastic optical networking to achieve efficient router-bypass at the optical layer. Numerical evaluation shows considerable savings in the required IP router port count and spectral usage.
Keywords :
optical communication; transponders; IP router port count; IP traffic offloading; elastic optical layer; elastic optical networking; multiflow optical transponder; numerical evaluation; router-bypass; spectral usage; Computer vision; High speed optical techniques; IP networks; Image motion analysis; Optical network units; Optical transmitters;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2011 37th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Geneva
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1918-9
