• DocumentCode
    2800736
  • Title

    Dynamic flexible grid optical networks: A traffic perspective

  • Author

    Raffaelli, Carla ; Savi, Michele

  • Author_Institution
    DEIS, Univ. of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    2-5 July 2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2012 14th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Coventry
  • ISSN
    2161-2056
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-2228-7
  • Electronic_ISBN
    2161-2056
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICTON.2012.6254475
  • Filename
    6254475