Title :
Utilization of spectrum slot fragmentation to improve network resource efficiency on elastic optical network
Author :
Fujisawa, Shinsuke ; Takeshita, Hitoshi ; Hino, Tomoyuki ; Tajima, Akio ; Fukuchi, Kiyoshi
Author_Institution :
Green Platform Res. Labs., NEC Corp., Kawasaki, Japan
Abstract :
A novel utilization technique of spectrum slot fragmentation is proposed for elastic optical network. By network simulation, we have confirmed the advantage of our technique and its performance improvement becomes larger for optical nodes without wavelength contention.
Keywords :
optical fibre networks; elastic optical network; network resource efficiency; network simulation; optical nodes; spectrum slot fragmentation; wavelength contention; Decision support systems; Laboratories; Optical fiber networks; Performance evaluation; Proposals; Resource management;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2015
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
