On-demand spectrum and space defragmentation in an elastic SDM/FDM/TDM network with mixed multi- and single-core fiber links

Author

Amaya, Norberto ; Irfan, Muhammad ; Zervas, Georgios S. ; Nejabati, Reza ; Simeonidou, Dimitra ; Rancano, V.J.F. ; Parmigiani, F. ; Petropoulos, P. ; Richardson, D.J. ; Sakaguchi, Jun ; Klaus, Werner ; Puttnam, B.J. ; Miyazawa, Takaya ; Awaji, Y. ; Wada,

Author_Institution

High-performance Networks Group, Univ. of Bristol, Bristol, UK

fYear

2013

fDate

17-21 March 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

We show on-demand multi-wavelength spectrum and space defragmentation in an SDM and elastic network with four programmable nodes and two multi-core fiber links. The combined approach is shown to reduce blocking and hardware requirements in small nodes.

Keywords

frequency division multiplexing; optical fibre networks; optical links; space division multiplexing; time division multiplexing; blocking reduction; elastic SDM-FDM-TDM network; hardware requirements; mixed multi-single core fiber links; on-demand multiwavelength spectrum; programmable nodes; space defragmentation; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; Optical polarization; Optical switches; Optical wavelength conversion;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

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

Type

conf

Filename

6532937