• DocumentCode
    1795790
  • Title

    Root mean square (RMS) factor for assessing spectral fragmentation in flexible grid optical networks

  • Author

    Zilong Ye ; Patel, Ankitkumar ; Ji, Philip ; Chunming Qiao

  • Author_Institution
    SUNY - Univ. at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    6-10 July 2014
  • Firstpage
    357
  • Lastpage
    358
  • Abstract
    The RMS factor is proposed as a novel measure to quantify spectral fragmentation. Simulation results show that RMS is more effective than the existing measures when used to determine the routing and spectrum assignment.
  • Keywords
    optical communication; spectral analysis; flexible grid optical networks; root mean square factor; routing; spectral fragmentation; spectrum assignment; Bandwidth; Correlation; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; Routing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fibre Technology, 2014 OptoElectronics and Communication Conference and Australian Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Melbourne, VIC
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6888107