• DocumentCode
    712570
  • Title

    Brown-field migration from fixed grid to flexible grid in optical networks

  • Author

    Xiaosong Yu ; Tornatore, Massimo ; Ming Xia ; Yongli Zhao ; Jie Zhang ; Mukherjee, Biswanath

  • Author_Institution
    State Key Lab. of Inf. Photonics & Opt. Commun., Beijing Univ. of Posts & Telecommun., Beijing, China
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    22-26 March 2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We investigate the problem of gradual migration from fixed grid to flexible grid in optical networks by designing heuristics to selectively upgrade WSSs on ROADMs. We evaluate the performance of our scheme under different traffic profiles.
  • Keywords
    optical fibre networks; optical switches; telecommunication traffic; ROADM; WSS; brown-field migration; fixed grid; flexible grid; optical network; reconfigurable optical add-drop module; traffic profile; wavelength selective switching; Decision support systems; Flexible printed circuits; Optical fiber networks; Planning; Routing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2015
  • Conference_Location
    Los Angeles, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    7121931