• DocumentCode
    2161570
  • Title

    Optical layer traffic grooming in flexible optical WDM (FWDM) networks

  • Author

    Ji, Philip N. ; Patel, Ankitkumar N. ; Qian, Dayou ; Jue, Jason P. ; Hu, Junqiang ; Aono, Yoshiaki ; Wang, Ting

  • Author_Institution
    NEC Labs. America, Inc., Princeton, NJ, USA
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    18-22 Sept. 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We propose and experimentally demonstrate a novel optical layer grooming technique for OFDM-based flexible grid WDM networks, and we propose an effective algorithm to optimize the spectrum utilization through such a grooming technique.
  • Keywords
    OFDM modulation; optical fibre networks; telecommunication traffic; wavelength division multiplexing; OFDM; flexible grid WDM network; flexible optical WDM network; optical layer grooming technique; optical layer traffic grooming; spectrum utilization; High speed optical techniques; OFDM; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; Optical switches;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communication (ECOC), 2011 37th European Conference and Exhibition on
  • Conference_Location
    Geneva
  • ISSN
    Pending
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1918-9
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6066061