Title :
Dynamic spectrum and core allocation reducing costs of architecture on demand nodes
Author :
Fujii, Shohei ; Hirota, Yusuke ; Tode, Hideki ; Watanabe, Toshio
Author_Institution :
Grad. Sch. of Inf. Sci. & Technol., Osaka Univ., Suita, Japan
Abstract :
We propose novel optical node architecture based on the Architecture on Demand concept with sophisticated spectrum and core allocation in Multi-Core Fiber Elastic Optical Networks. More than 85% of flexible spectrum selective switches can be reduced by replacing fixed-grid MUXs/DEMUXs.
Keywords :
cost reduction; optical fibre networks; architecture on demand concept; core allocation; cost reduction; dynamic spectrum; flexible spectrum selective switches; multicore fiber elastic optical networks; Bandwidth; Buildings; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; Optical switches; Resource management;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2014 European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cannes
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2014.6964200
