Fragmentation problems and management approaches in elastic optical networks: A survey

BC Chatterjee, S Ba, E Oki - IEEE Communications Surveys & …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Bandwidth fragmentation, a serious issue in elastic optical networks (EONs), can be
suppressed by proper management in order to enhance the accommodated traffic demands …

Push-pull defragmentation without traffic disruption in flexible grid optical networks

F Cugini, F Paolucci, G Meloni… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In flexi-grid optical networks, fragmentation of spectrum resources may significantly affect the
overall network efficiency. Effective techniques for defragmentation (ie, re-optimization) are …

Recent research progress on spectrum management approaches in software-defined elastic optical networks

BC Chatterjee, T Sato, E Oki - Optical Switching and Networking, 2018 - Elsevier
The flex-grid technology or elastic optical network (EON) is accepted to be a propitious
solution for the future transport network due to its unique properties, which are bandwidth …

[图书][B] Elastic optical networks: fundamentals, design, control, and management

B Chatterjee, E Oki - 2020 - taylorfrancis.com
The rapid growth in communications and internet has changed our way of life, and our
requirement for communication bandwidth. Optical networks can enable us to meet the …

Time-varying spectrum allocation policies and blocking analysis in flexible optical networks

K Christodoulopoulos, I Tomkos… - IEEE Journal on …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We consider the problem of serving traffic in a spectrum-flexible optical network, where the
spectrum allocated to an end-to-end connection can change so as to adapt to the time …

Virtualization in optical networks from network level to hardware level

M Jinno, H Takara, K Yonenaga… - Journal of Optical …, 2013 - opg.optica.org
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 …

Using spectrum fragmentation to better allocate time-varying connections in elastic optical networks

PS Khodashenas, J Comellas, S Spadaro… - Journal of Optical …, 2014 - opg.optica.org
Elastic optical network (EON) technology arises as a promising solution for future high-
speed optical transport, since it can provide superior flexibility and scalability in the spectrum …

Active PCE demonstration performing elastic operations and hitless defragmentation in flexible grid optical networks

F Paolucci, A Castro, F Fresi, M Imran… - Photonic network …, 2015 - Springer
Control and data plane innovations are driving the evolution of flexible grid optical networks
enabling more granular reservation of spectrum portion. On the one hand, the path …

Benefits and requirements of flexible-grid ROADMs and networks

SL Woodward, MD Feuer - Journal of Optical Communications and …, 2013 - opg.optica.org
Due to claims of enhanced spectral efficiency and the ability to accommodate future
modulation formats, flexible-grid networks in which the center wavelength and passband …

A spectrum defragmentation strategy for service differentiation consideration in elastic optical networks

Q Yao, H Yang, H Xiao, J Chen, Y Jiang, Z Huang… - Optical Fiber …, 2017 - Elsevier
The spectrum fragmentation problem remains to be an open issue in elastic optical
networks. In addition, the quality of service cannot be ignored during the transmission …