The network capacity benefits of Flexgrid

2013 17th International Conference on Optical Networking Design and Modeling, ONDM 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 7-12

  Wright, Paul ^a   Lord, Andrew ^a   Velasco, Luis ^b  

^a BRITISH TELECOM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Communication networks; Optical fiber networks; WDM networks

Indexed keywords

ADDITIONAL FLEXIBILITIES; CAPACITY IMPROVEMENT; HIGH SPECTRAL EFFICIENCY; MODULATION FORMATS; OPTICAL FIBER NETWORKS; SPECTRUM ALLOCATION; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING NETWORKS; WDM NETWORKS;

MODULATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS;

WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

EID: 84879770257     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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