DocumentCode
2164452
Title
Lightpath provisioning in wavelength switched optical networks with flexible grid
Author
Sambo, N. ; Cugini, F. ; Bottari, G. ; Bruno, G. ; Iovanna, P. ; Castoldi, P.
Author_Institution
Scuola Superiore Sant´´anna, Pisa, Italy
fYear
2011
fDate
18-22 Sept. 2011
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
3
Abstract
An effective lightpath provisioning is proposed for PCE-based optical networks with flexible grid. The expected modulation formats at 400 Gb/s are considered showing that 12.5 GHz spacing is satisfactory to guarantee efficient network resource utilization.
Keywords
optical modulation; optical switches; resource allocation; wavelength assignment; bit rate 400 Gbit/s; flexible grid; frequency 12.5 GHz; lightpath provisioning; modulation format; network resource utilization; path computation element; wavelength switched optical network; Bandwidth; OFDM; Optical fiber networks; Optical modulation; Optical noise; Signal to noise ratio;
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
6066165
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