The finer spectrum granularity unit in elastic optical networks makes wider spectrum services
more likely to be restricted by the constraints of spectrum continuity and spectrum contiguity …

In recent years, the introduction of new technologies and applications connected to the
Internet has demonstrated the physical incapacity of current optical backbone networks in …

Elastic optical network (EON) is a promising technology that provides flexible modulation
format conversion, which allows more efficient use of spectrum resources comparing to …

Network virtualization can improve the utilization of a physical network by enabling the
coexistence of multiple virtual networks supporting different services. For an elastic optical …

C+ L-bands elastic optical networks (EONs) cope with growing traffic demands by
leveraging the C and L bands of deployed optical fibers. In this scenario, the inter-band …

Routing and spectrum assignment (RSA) is an essential problem in designing, operating
and managing elastic optical networks to achieve spectrum efficiency and thus, efficient …

The routing and spectrum assignment (RSA) problem has emerged as the key design and
control problem in elastic optical networks. Distance-adaptive spectrum allocation exploits …

The spectrum fragmentation effect in elastic optical networks is one of their main limitations.
Multiple techniques have been proposed to address this problem, with the split spectrum …

The spectrum-sliced elastic optical path network (SLICE) architecture has been presented
as an efficient solution for flexible bandwidth allocation in optical networks. An homologous …

Elastic optical networks employ flexible routing and spectrum allocation algorithms to
support diverse services and heterogeneous traffic. By splitting a traffic request into multiple …