Title :
Towards plug-and-play software-defined EONs: Field trial of self-adaptation carrier spacing
Author :
F. Cugini;F. Fresi;F. Paolucci;G. Meloni;L. Potí;N. Sambo;A. D´Errico;P. Castoldi
Author_Institution :
CNIT, Pisa, Italy
Abstract :
Adaptation techniques in Elastic Optical Networks (EONs) are first discussed, highlighting the need for automatic configuration procedures. Then, a novel software defined technique for effective self-adaptation of carrier spacing is proposed and demonstrated in a field trial.
Keywords :
"Optical fiber networks","Forward error correction","Bandwidth","Optical switches","Frequency control","Iterative decoding"
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2015 European Conference on
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2015.7341669
