Flexgrid technology is now considered to be a promising solution for future high-speed
network design. In this context, we need a tutorial that covers the key aspects of elastic …

Bandwidth fragmentation, a serious issue in elastic optical networks (EONs), can be
suppressed by proper management in order to enhance the accommodated traffic demands …

High-dimensional data analysis is a challenge for researchers and engineers in the fields of
machine learning and data mining. Feature selection provides an effective way to solve 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 …

This paper proposes DeepRMSA, a deep reinforcement learning framework for routing,
modulation and spectrum assignment (RMSA) in elastic optical networks (EONs) …

Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) has recently been proposed as a
modulation technique for optical networks, because of its good spectral efficiency, flexibility …

Empowered by the optical orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (O-OFDM) technology,
flexible online service provisioning can be realized with dynamic routing, modulation, and …

Based on the concept of infrastructure as a service, optical network virtualization can
facilitate the sharing of physical infrastructure among different users and applications. In this …

Orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) is a modulation technology that has
been widely adopted in many new and emerging broadband wireless and wireline …

Recently, optical orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing technology has attracted
intensive research interest because spectrum-sliced elastic optical networks (EONs) can be …