Title :
How the distribution of superchannel size affects the effectiveness of the elastic WDM CONUS network
Author :
Zami, Thierry ; Lavigne, Bruno
Author_Institution :
Alcatel-Lucent, Nozay, France
Abstract :
By planning the CONUS WDM network featuring elastic Nyquist superchannels, we discuss why the distribution of their number of subcarriers can impact the insertion/extraction of traffic and the optimization of their WDM transmission.
Keywords :
telecommunication channels; telecommunication network planning; telecommunication traffic; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM transmission; elastic Nyquist superchannels; elastic WDM CONUS network; planning; superchannel size distribution; traffic; Modulation; Nonlinear optics; Optimization; Resource management; Switches; WDM networks;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2015
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
