DocumentCode
2845761
Title
Spectrally/bitrate flexible optical network planning
Author
Christodoulopoulos, K. ; Tomkos, I. ; Varvarigos, E.
Author_Institution
Res. Acad. Comput. Technol. Inst., Univ. of Patras, Patras, Greece
fYear
2010
fDate
19-23 Sept. 2010
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
3
Abstract
We consider the Routing and Spectrum Allocation (RSA) problem in an OFDM-based optical network with elastic bandwidth allocation. We asses the spectrum utilization gains of this flexible architecture compared to a traditional fixed-grid rigid-bandwidth WDM network.
Keywords
OFDM modulation; optical communication; OFDM-based optical network; elastic bandwidth allocation; fixed-grid rigid-bandwidth WDM network; flexible architecture; routing allocation problem; spectrally/bitrate flexible optical network planning; spectrum allocation problem; spectrum utilization; Bandwidth; OFDM; Optical fiber networks; Planning; Resource management; Routing; WDM networks;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2010 36th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location
Torino
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-8536-9
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-4244-8534-5
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ECOC.2010.5621304
Filename
5621304
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