• DocumentCode
    1580188
  • Title

    Impact of transparent network constraints on capacity gain of elastic channel spacing

  • Author

    Morea, Annalisa ; Chong, Aurore Fen ; Rival, Olivier

  • Author_Institution
    Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs., Nozay, France
  • fYear
    2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We compare fixed-grid network architectures with variable-spacing OFDM based solutions. We show that capacity gains can reach up to 50% but are strongly affected by physical and topological constraints of transparent networks and traffic statistics.
  • Keywords
    OFDM modulation; channel capacity; optical communication; telecommunication network topology; telecommunication traffic; capacity gain; elastic channel spacing; fixed-grid network architecture; orthogonal frequency division multiplexing; traffic statistics; transparent network topological constraint; variable-spacing OFDM; Channel capacity; Channel spacing; OFDM; Optical fiber communication; Optical fibers; Routing; Signal to noise ratio;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2011 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
  • Conference_Location
    Los Angeles, CA
  • ISSN
    pending
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-0213-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5875156