Title :
Traffic forecast impact on spectrum fragmentation in gridless optical networks
Author :
Amar, Djamel ; Le Rouzic, Esther ; Brochier, Nicolas ; Bonetto, Edoardo ; Lepers, Catherine
Author_Institution :
Orange Labs., Lannion, France
Abstract :
Gridless Technology increases the spectral efficiency of optical fiber transmissions, introducing however spectrum fragmentation. In this work, we show that traffic forecast permits to avoid spectrum fragmentation, even with an uncertainty of 10% on the growth rate.
Keywords :
optical fibre networks; telecommunication traffic; gridless optical networks; optical fiber transmissions; spectral efficiency; spectrum fragmentation; traffic forecast impact; Bandwidth; Modulation; Optical fiber networks; Planning; Robustness; Transponders; Uncertainty;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2014 European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cannes
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2014.6963877
