Title :
Node handling capacity based spectrum fragmentation evaluation scheme in flexible grid optical networks
Author :
Weiguo Ju ; Shanguo Huang ; Bingli Guo ; Zhenzhen Xu ; Yongqi He ; Min Zhang ; Jie Zhang ; Wanyi Gu
Author_Institution :
State Key Lab. of Inf. Photonics & Opt. Commun., Beijing Univ. of Posts & Telecommun., Beijing, China
Abstract :
Based on the reasonable modeling of the spectrum consecutiveness around the node, the concept of node handling capacity is proposed which can effectively indicate the degree of spectrum fragmentation in flexible grid optical networks.
Keywords :
flexible structures; optical fibre networks; telecommunication network management; telecommunication network routing; flexible grid optical networks; node handling capacity; spectrum consecutiveness; spectrum fragmentation evaluation; Bandwidth; Educational institutions; Network topology; Optical fiber networks; Resource management; Topology;
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