• DocumentCode
    562008
  • Title

    Shared-path protection in OFDM-based optical networks with elastic bandwidth allocation

  • Author

    Shao, Xu ; Yeo, Yong-Kee ; Xu, Zhaowen ; Cheng, Xiaofei ; Zhou, Luying

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. for Infocomm Res., Singapore, Singapore
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    4-8 March 2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    Compared with backup sharing in WDM networks, it is more complex and challenging to share backup resources in OFDM-based optical networks with elastic bandwidth allocation. We propose and evaluate conservative and aggressive backup sharing policies.
  • Keywords
    OFDM modulation; channel allocation; optical fibre networks; wavelength division multiplexing; OFDM based optical network; WDM network; aggressive backup sharing policy; conservative backup sharing policy; elastic bandwidth allocation; shared path protection; Bandwidth; OFDM; Optical fiber networks; Routing; Simulation; Topology; WDM networks;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2012 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
  • Conference_Location
    Los Angeles, CA
  • ISSN
    pending
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-0262-3
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6191964