• DocumentCode
    600334
  • Title

    Elastic spectrum allocation for variable traffic in flexible-grid optical networks

  • Author

    Velasco, L. ; Klinkowski, M. ; Ruiz, M. ; Lopez, Victor ; Junyent, G.

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. Politec. de Catalunya (UPC), Barcelona, Spain
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    4-8 March 2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We focus on lightpath adaptation under variable traffic demands in flexible-grid optical networks. Specifically, we study three different adaptation schemes for the variable spectrum allocation. Illustrative numerical results show the benefits of the schemes.
  • Keywords
    bandwidth allocation; numerical analysis; optical fibre networks; telecommunication traffic; elastic spectrum allocation; flexible-grid optical networks; lightpath adaptation; numerical analysis; variable traffic demands; Bandwidth; Network topology; Optical fiber networks; Optical filters; Resource management; Telecommunications; Topology;
  • 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
    6476156