… The control of elastic optical networks enables automated simplified network service
provisioning and optimal use of the flexgrid elastic optical network. Table I summarizes the main …

… design for spectrum-sliced elastic optical networks (EONs). … service provisioning in elastic
optical networks with hybrid … elastic optical path network,” IEEE Commun. Lett., vol. 15, no. …

… type of elastic optical network [7]. Various studies have been performed for this type of network,
including … In this paper, we focus on the static RSA for the elastic optical network. The key …

Increasing traffic in the optical backbone network has made it incumbent upon operators to
extend the use of optical spectrum beyond the C-band. In this work we estimate network …

… high capacity, which only optical networks can provide, and flexibility, which is the promise
of elastic optical networks (EONs). In transport optical networks, the optical signals can trans…

… ) optical networks [26]. This paper applies the SBPP technique to elastic optical networks [2]…
that it also includes special constraints relevant for elastic optical networks, ie, (a) frequency …

… traffic, network operators are planning their networks with 100-Gb/s line speed and beyond.
Due to enhanced optical-layer agility brought by the flexible grid, elastic optical networks (…

… Then, we review today’s elastic optical networks and discuss what elasticity has brought so
far. We expose next the vision of true elastic networks with different goals to achieve. Lastly, …

… the network performance indicator. In this paper we are assessing elastic optical networks …
process where requests are established in the network (and released after a random holding …

… Abstract—To support the fifth-generation bandwidth-hungry applications, such as the Internet
of things, virtual reality, augmented reality, and cloud computing, elastic optical networks …