• DocumentCode
    2301008
  • Title

    Flexible wavelength division multiplexing (FWDM) networks

  • Author

    Ji, P.N. ; Patel, A.N.

  • Author_Institution
    NEC Labs. America, Princeton, NJ, USA
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    Nov. 5 2011-Dec. 7 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Flexible wavelength division multiplexing improves resource utilization in optical networks. In this paper, we review the recent progresses in FWDM research on both the physical layer and the control plane aspects.
  • Keywords
    optical fibre networks; resource allocation; wavelength division multiplexing; FWDM networks; FWDM research; control plane aspects; flexible wavelength division multiplexing networks; optical networks; physical layer; resource utilization; Flexible WDM network; reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexer (ROADM); routing; wavelength assignment and spectrum allocation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    iet
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communications and Networks (ICOCN 2011), 10th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Guangzhou
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-84919-539-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1049/cp.2011.1312
  • Filename
    6215231