Saving CAPEX by extending flexgrid-based core optical networks toward the edges [invited]

Journal of Optical Communications and Networking

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Velasco, L ^a   Wright, P ^b   Lord, A ^b   Junyent, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b BT Group   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flexgrid based networks; IP MPLS networks; Multilayer network planning

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM FRAMEWORK; EVOLUTIONARY HEURISTICS; IP/MPLS NETWORKS; MIXED INTEGER LINEAR PROGRAMMING; MULTI-LAYER NETWORK; OPTICAL CONNECTION; OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING TECHNOLOGY;

GENETIC ALGORITHMS; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; MULTILAYERS; NETWORK ARCHITECTURE;

OPTICAL MULTILAYERS;

EID: 84887558696     PISSN: 19430620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOCN.5.00A171     Document Type: Article

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