DocumentCode
608635
Title
Differentiated quality of protection to improve energy efficiency of survivable optical transport networks
Author
Lopez, J. ; Ye, Yunming ; Lopez, Victor ; Jimenez, F. ; Duque, R. ; Musumeci, Francesco ; Pattavina, A. ; Krummrich, P.M.
Author_Institution
Huawei Technol. Duesseldorf GmbH, Munich, Germany
fYear
2013
fDate
17-21 March 2013
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
3
Abstract
A differentiated quality of protection scheme is evaluated in terms of energy efficiency for fixed-grid WDM and flexible-grid OFDM-based networks. Significant energy savings can be achieved by exploiting the heterogeneous protection requirements.
Keywords
OFDM modulation; energy conservation; optical fibre networks; wavelength division multiplexing; differentiated quality of protection scheme; energy efficiency; energy savings can; fixed-grid WDM; flexible-grid OFDM-based networks; heterogeneous protection; survivable optical transport networks; wavelength division multiplexing; Energy efficiency; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; Power demand; Transponders; Wavelength division multiplexing;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFC/NFOEC), 2013
Conference_Location
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN
978-1-4799-0457-0
Type
conf
Filename
6532775
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