Title :
Dynamic flexible grid optical networks: A traffic perspective
Author :
Raffaelli, Carla ; Savi, Michele
Author_Institution :
DEIS, Univ. of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Abstract :
This paper introduces the concept of flexible grid networking and new related issues regarding traffic characterization and contention resolution to enable future-proof dynamic optical networking. Traffic representation and blocking performance are discussed in simple scenario to drive future investigations.
Keywords :
optical burst switching; optical fibre networks; telecommunication traffic; blocking performance; contention resolution; dynamic flexible grid optical network; future-proof dynamic optical networking; optical burst switching; traffic characterization; traffic representation; Bandwidth; Bit rate; Multiplexing; Optical burst switching; Optical fiber networks; Optical filters; Optical switches; Flexible grid optical networks; Granularity; Optical burst switching; Scheduling;
Conference_Titel :
Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2012 14th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Coventry
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2228-7
Electronic_ISBN :
2161-2056
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.2012.6254475
