Title :
Evaluation of impact of traffic asymmetry on performance of Elastic Optical Networks
Author :
Walkowiak, Krzysztof ; Goscien, Roza ; Klinkowski, Miroslaw
Author_Institution :
Wroclaw Univ. of Technol., Wroclaw, Poland
Abstract :
The impact of traffic asymmetry on performance of Elastic Optical Networks (EONs) is studied. Results of experiments are presented to show how both symmetric and asymmetric lightpath provisioning scenarios influence spectrum usage and network CAPEX cost.
Keywords :
optical fibre networks; telecommunication traffic; EON; asymmetric lightpath provisioning scenario; elastic optical network; network CAPEX cost; symmetric lightpath provisioning scenario; traffic asymmetry; Measurement; Modulation; Optical fiber networks; Optimization; Routing; Transponders; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2015
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
