Routing, modulation level, and spectrum assignment in optical metro ring networks using elastic transceivers

Journal of Optical Communications and Networking

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 305-315

  Rottondi, Cristina ^a   Tornatore, Massimo ^a   Pattavina, Achille ^a   Gavioli, Giancarlo ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Elastic rate; Fixed versus flexible grid; Optical metro ring networks

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC RATE; FLEXIBLE ALLOCATIONS; FLEXIBLE GRIDS; INTEGER LINEAR PROGRAMS; METRO RING NETWORKS; OPTICAL CORE NETWORKS; OPTICAL TRANSMISSION TECHNOLOGY; TRANSCEIVER ARCHITECTURE;

ADAPTIVE MODULATION; BANDWIDTH; FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; HEURISTIC METHODS; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; TRANSCEIVERS;

OPTICAL TRANSCEIVERS;

EID: 84876205114     PISSN: 19430620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOCN.5.000305     Document Type: Article

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