A large number of factors generate uncertainty on traffic demands and requirements. In
order to deal with uncertainty optical nodes and networks are equipped with flexibility. In this …

Optical networks are undergoing significant changes, fueled by the exponential growth of
traffic due to multimedia services and by the increased uncertainty in predicting the sources …

Worldwide operator deployment of high-speed 100G coherent optical networks is currently
underway. To ensure a competitive solution offering significant performance improvements …

Emerging technologies such as spectrally efficient multicarrier higher order modulation and
bandwidth variable wavelength selective switches have led to a change in the optical …

Elastic optical networking is attracting much attention as a promising solution to achieve
spectrum-efficient transport of higher data rates at 100 Gbits/s and beyond. If we draw an …

In this paper, we examine how typical transmission systems can be made tunable in
datarate, up to 100 Gb/s, through modulation-format versatility. We investigate through …

This paper introduces Split Spectrum, which enhances elastic optical networking by splitting
a bulk traffic demand into multiple channels, when a single-channel transmission is …

Compared to legacy wavelength division multiplexing networks, elastic optical networks
(EONs) have added flexibility to network deployment and management. EONs can include …

There is a growing awareness that the utilized bandwidth of deployed optical fiber is rapidly
approaching its maximum limit. Given the possibility for such capacity crunch, the research …

To keep pace with the tremendous bandwidth growth in cloud networking, web-scale
providers, such as Microsoft, have been quick to adopt elastic features of modern optical …