Elastic optical networking is considered a promising candidate to improve the spectral
efficiency of optical networks. One of the most important planning challenges of elastic …

We introduce the new concept of an elastic filterless optical network and propose an efficient
heuristic algorithm for solving the static routing and spectrum assignment problem. Our …

Elastic optical networks (EONs) are considered a very promising solution for next-generation
optical networks. Elastic spectral bandwidth allocation promotes spectrum utilization …

Elastic optical network (EON) architectures have been recently proposed as a candidate
solution for provisioning of both huge bandwidth and flexible connections in next generation …

In flexigrid elastic optical networks, filtering cascade effects strongly affect the overall
transmission performance. To avoid these detrimental impairments, each lightpath is …

In recent years, the concept of the elastic optical network (EON) was proposed and very
quickly became an attractive solution for flexible channel bandwidth utilization. Analogous to …

We consider an elastic optical network and study the static routing and spectrum assignment
(RSA) problem aiming to minimize the maximum number of frequency slots required to …

The routing, modulation level, and spectrum allocation (RMLSA) problem is crucial for
efficient elastic optical networks. This problem has been approached by optimal-and-non …

A spectrum-sliced elastic optical path network (SLICE) architecture has been recently
proposed as an efficient solution for a flexible bandwidth allocation in optical networks. In …

Elastic optical network, due to its flexibility of spectrum assignment, has been the most
promising technology in the next generation of backbone transport network. Routing and …