DocumentCode
712686
Title
Measuring flexibility and design trade-offs of N × M SSS-based ROADMs and BVTs
Author
Peters, Adaranijo ; Hugues-Salas, Emilio ; Zervas, Georgios ; Simeonidou, Dimitra
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Bristol, Bristol, UK
fYear
2015
fDate
22-26 March 2015
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
3
Abstract
We quantitatively measure and evaluate the flexibility of key optical devices of ROADMs considering maximum system entropy. We analyze the dependency and trade-offs between flexibility, connectivity, capacity, granularity and spectral efficiency, key design performance indicators.
Keywords
optical fibre networks; BVT; EON; ROADM; capacity; connectivity; design tradeoffs; elastic optical networks; flexibility; granularity; key design performance indicators; measuring flexibility; optical devices; spectral efficiency; Bit rate; Decision support systems; Electric variables measurement; Optical add-drop multiplexers; Optical fiber networks; Optical transmitters; Ports (Computers);
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2015
Conference_Location
Los Angeles, CA
Type
conf
Filename
7122068
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