Title :
Minimal virtualized-elastic-regenerator placement and least congestion resources assignment for translucent elastic optical networks
Author :
Jinno, Masahiko ; Takagi, Tomohiko ; Kiyokawa, Kosuke
Author_Institution :
Kagawa Univ., Takamatsu, Japan
Abstract :
A virtualized-elastic-regenerator (VER) is a promising solution for efficiently regenerating various superchannels in elastic optical networks. We propose an effective heuristic for calculating minimal VER placement, routing, and least congestion resources assignment.
Keywords :
optical communication; VER; least congestion resources assignment; minimal virtualized-elastic-regenerator placement; superchannels; translucent elastic optical networks; Optical fibers; Optical network units; Repeaters; Routing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2015
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
