Title :
Optical layer traffic grooming in flexible optical WDM (FWDM) networks
Author :
Ji, Philip N. ; Patel, Ankitkumar N. ; Qian, Dayou ; Jue, Jason P. ; Hu, Junqiang ; Aono, Yoshiaki ; Wang, Ting
Author_Institution :
NEC Labs. America, Inc., Princeton, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We propose and experimentally demonstrate a novel optical layer grooming technique for OFDM-based flexible grid WDM networks, and we propose an effective algorithm to optimize the spectrum utilization through such a grooming technique.
Keywords :
OFDM modulation; optical fibre networks; telecommunication traffic; wavelength division multiplexing; OFDM; flexible grid WDM network; flexible optical WDM network; optical layer grooming technique; optical layer traffic grooming; spectrum utilization; High speed optical techniques; OFDM; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; Optical switches;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2011 37th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Geneva
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1918-9
