Title :
Upgrading optical networks with elastic transponders
Author :
Rival, Olivier ; Morea, Annalisa ; Drid, Hamza ; Brochier, Nicolas ; Le Rouzic, Esther
Author_Institution :
Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs., Nozay, France
Abstract :
We show how rate-adaptive transponders help reduce the cost of optical networks compared to single and mixed-line-rate solutions through a better ability to accommodate growth of traffic and uncertainties in traffic matrices during network upgrades.
Keywords :
optical fibre networks; optical receivers; telecommunication traffic; transponders; elastic transponders; network upgrades; optical networks; rate-adaptive transponders; traffic matrices; Algorithm design and analysis; Bandwidth; Capacity planning; Optical fiber networks; Planning; Transponders; Uncertainty;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communications (ECOC), 2012 38th European Conference and Exhibition on
