Title :
Quasi-hitless software-defined defragmentation in space division multiplexing (SDM)
Author :
M. Imran;F. Paolucci;F. Cugini;A. D´Errico;L. Giorgi;T. Sasaki;P. Castoldi;L. Poti
Author_Institution :
Scuola Superiore Sant´Anna, Pisa, Italy
Abstract :
SDN-driven effective defragmentation technique on Multi Core Fiber is demonstrated. High speed integrated dual output intensity modulator switch is utilized for core adaptation in combination with hitless frequency shift, showing quasi hitless reconfiguration performance.
Keywords :
"Optical switches","Optical transmitters","Receivers","Optical fiber networks","Modulation"
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2015 European Conference on
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2015.7341673
