Title :
Measuring flexibility and design trade-offs of N × M SSS-based ROADMs and BVTs
Author :
Peters, Adaranijo ; Hugues-Salas, Emilio ; Zervas, Georgios ; Simeonidou, Dimitra
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Bristol, Bristol, UK
Abstract :
We quantitatively measure and evaluate the flexibility of key optical devices of ROADMs considering maximum system entropy. We analyze the dependency and trade-offs between flexibility, connectivity, capacity, granularity and spectral efficiency, key design performance indicators.
Keywords :
optical fibre networks; BVT; EON; ROADM; capacity; connectivity; design tradeoffs; elastic optical networks; flexibility; granularity; key design performance indicators; measuring flexibility; optical devices; spectral efficiency; Bit rate; Decision support systems; Electric variables measurement; Optical add-drop multiplexers; Optical fiber networks; Optical transmitters; Ports (Computers);
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2015
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
