• DocumentCode
    712477
  • Title

    Multiple fiber, flexgrid elastic optical network design using MaxEnt optimization

  • Author

    Parker, Michael C. ; Wright, Paul ; Lord, Andrew

  • Author_Institution
    Lexden Technol. Ltd., Epsom, UK
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    22-26 March 2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate how maximum entropy (MaxEnt) allocation strategies can optimally determine links within a flexgrid elastic optical network requiring multiple fiber-pairs to support 100% capacity growth with 34.3% improvement in the uniformity of spectrum allocations.
  • Keywords
    optical fibre networks; MaxEnt optimization; maximum entropy allocation strategies; multiple fiber flexgrid elastic optical network design; spectrum allocations; Bandwidth; Entropy; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; Optimization;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2015
  • Conference_Location
    Los Angeles, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    7121831