Title :
Spectral defragmentation in elastic optical path networks using independent sets
Author :
Shakya, Sunny ; Xioajun Cao
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Georgia State Univ., Atlanta, GA, USA
Abstract :
Spectral fragmentation in elastic optical networks decreases the spectral efficiency and increases the request blocking. We propose a novel auxiliary graph model and spectral defragmentation technique using independent sets to efficiently consolidate the spectrum allocation.
Keywords :
optical fibre networks; auxiliary graph model; elastic optical path networks; independent sets; request blocking; spectral defragmentation; spectral efficiency; spectrum allocation; Frequency conversion; Heuristic algorithms; Indexes; OFDM; Optical fiber networks; Resource management; Routing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFC/NFOEC), 2013
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-0457-0
