Title :
Core networks in the flexgrid era
Author_Institution :
British Telecommun. plc, Ipswich, UK
Abstract :
This invited tutorial summarizes the current research situation for flexgrid networks, describing the components required, issues to be solved, increased network capacity and broader flexibility and techno-economic benefits.
Keywords :
optical fibre networks; EON; elastic optical network; flexgrid network capacity; technoeconomic benefit; Adaptive optics; Bandwidth; Modulation; Optical fiber networks; Optical filters; Routing; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2014 European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cannes
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2014.6964217
