The characteristics of traffic in core networks have changed in recent years, with the data
flows among network nodes now showing large volumes but also large fluctuations during …

Given the limited number of resources (ie, frequency slots and transponders at optical
switches) in elastic optical networks, one approach to accommodating traffic demand is for …

In this article we focus on lightpath adaptation under time-varying traffic in a dynamic elastic
optical network (EON) implementing flexgrid optical technology. In the considered scenario …

Elastic optical networks emerge as a reliable backbone platform covering the next‐
generation connectivity requirements. It consists of advanced enabling components that …

Transient traffic spikes are becoming a crucial challenge for network operators from both
user-experience and network-maintenance perspectives. Different from long-term traffic …

Traffic split provisioning scheme leads to extra guard band and equipment ports occupation,
which decreases the spectrum utilization and increases the energy consumption for elastic …

This paper proposes a data-driven bandwidth allocation (BA) framework for periodically and
dynamically reconfiguring an elastic optical network according to predictive BA (PBA) …

Elastic optical networks (EONs) represent a promising network architecture that
accommodates a wide variety of traffic demands in the optical layer. Thanks to the …

Poisson traffic model was usually used in existing investigations for evaluating the
performance of routing and spectrum assignment (RSA) algorithms in elastic optical …

The new technology of elastic optical network (EON) envisages a favorable solution for
accommodating the heterogeneity of traffic over the future internet and to fulfill bandwidth …