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 …

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 …

Elastic flexgrid optical networks (FG-ON) are considered a very promising solution for next-
generation optical networks. In this article we focus on lightpath adaptation under variable …

While flexible bandwidth elastic optical networking is a promising direction for future
networks, the spectral fragmentation problem in such a network inevitably raises the …

In this article, we address the problem of static routing and spectrum allocation (RSA) in an
elastic optical network (EON) with dedicated path protection (DPP) consideration. We …

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 …

This paper discusses prospects and challenges of optical networking designed to meet
exponentially growing demands of data traffic. We discuss both intra and inter data-center …

Translucent optical networks are considered as a promising solution for reducing the
electronic processing overhead of opaque optical networks thanks to a cost-effective use of …

Elastic optical networking (EON) has emerged in recent years as a promising solution for
implementing flexible bandwidth channels (flexpaths) that efficiently match the allocated …

This paper presents and experimentally evaluates efficient strategies for dynamic
source/Path Computation Element (PCE) routing with aggregated resource information and …