Title :
Core Networks in the Flexgrid Era
Author :
Lord, Andrew ; Wright, Paul ; Mitra, Abhijit
Author_Institution :
British Telecommun., Ipswich, UK
Abstract :
This paper reviews the status of research into elastic optical networks and flexgrid, illustrating the benefits of new flexible technologies to allow higher network capacities and support superchannel flows. The paper assesses the potential for the various forms of elasticity and describes open questions of a currently active research area.
Keywords :
channel flow; optical fibre networks; telecommunication channels; core network; elastic optical network; flexgrid era; support superchannel flow; Modulation; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Optical noise; Signal to noise ratio; Networks and optical communications; networks and optical communications.;
Journal_Title :
Lightwave Technology, Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JLT.2015.2396685
