Spectrum-efficient and scalable elastic optical path network: Architecture, benefits, and enabling technologies

IEEE Communications Magazine

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 66-73

  Jinno, Masahiko ^a   Takara, Hidehiko ^a   Kozicki, Bartlomiej ^a   Tsukishima, Yukio ^a   Sone, Yoshiaki ^a   Matsuoka, Shinji ^a  

^a NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES; CONNECTIVITY SERVICES; DATA TRAFFIC; DYNAMIC BANDWIDTH; ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES; ENERGY EFFICIENT; FRACTIONAL BANDWIDTHS; NETWORK OPERATIONS; NETWORK OPERATOR; OPTICAL NETWORKS; OPTICAL PATH; OPTICAL PATH NETWORKS; OPTICAL TRANSPORT NETWORKS; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; SUB-WAVELENGTH; TECHNICAL CHALLENGES; TECHNOLOGY OPTIONS; TIME-DEPENDENT BANDWIDTH;

BANDWIDTH; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

NETWORK ARCHITECTURE;

EID: 70449516548     PISSN: 01636804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MCOM.2009.5307468     Document Type: Article

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