• 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