Spectrum-efficient and agile CO-OFDM optical transport networks: Architecture, design, and operation

IEEE Communications Magazine

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 82-89

  Shen, Gangxiang ^a   Zukerman, Moshe ^b  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTER FREQUENCY; CHANNEL MODULATION; COHERENT DETECTION; FIXED FREQUENCY; GRID-BASED; LIGHTPATH ROUTING; NETWORK BANDWIDTH; NETWORK CONTROL PLANE; NETWORK DESIGN; NETWORK RE-CONFIGURATION; NETWORK SURVIVABILITY; OPTICAL CHANNELS; OPTICAL REACH; OPTICAL TRANSPORT NETWORKS; SPECTRAL EFFICIENCIES; SPECTRUM ASSIGNMENT; SPECTRUM UTILIZATION; SUB-WAVELENGTH; TRAFFIC GROOMING; TRANSMISSION TECHNIQUES;

BANDWIDTH; NETWORK ARCHITECTURE; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; SIGNAL SYSTEMS; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS;

ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

EID: 84860863032     PISSN: 01636804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MCOM.2012.6194386     Document Type: Article

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