On the benefits of elastic transponders in optical metro networks

Optics InfoBase Conference Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Rottondi, C ^a   Tornatore, M ^a   Puleio, F ^a   Raavi, S ^a   Pattavina, A ^a   Gavioli, G ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METROPOLITAN AREA NETWORKS; OPTICAL FIBERS; TRANSPONDERS;

DATA RATES; METRO NETWORKS; SPECTRUM UTILIZATION;

OPTICAL FIBER COMMUNICATION;

EID: 85088182273     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21622701     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1364/ofc.2012.ow3a.6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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