A two-population based evolutionary approach for optimizing routing, modulation and spectrum assignments (RMSA) in O-OFDM networks

L Gong, X Zhou, W Lu, Z Zhu - IEEE Communications letters, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We propose a novel two-population genetic algorithm (MPGA) to optimize the routing,
modulation and spectrum assignments (RMSA) in optical orthogonal frequency-division …

Can we use flexible transponders to reduce margins?

JL Augé - 2013 Optical Fiber Communication Conference and …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Can we use flexible transponders to reduce margins? Page 1 OTu2A.1.pdf OFC/NFOEC
Technical Digest © 2013 OSA Can we use Flexible Transponders to Reduce Margins? Jean-Luc …

Demonstration of flexible optical network based on path computation element

F Cugini, G Meloni, F Paolucci, N Sambo… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Flexible optical networks, based on bandwidth-variable optical cross-connects (BV-OXCs)
and novel flexible transponders, are expected to significantly improve the overall spectrum …

On the design of energy-efficient mixed-line-rate (MLR) optical networks

P Chowdhury, M Tornatore, A Nag, E Ip… - Journal of lightwave …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With increasing energy consumption of the Internet, it is now imperative to design energy-
efficient network architectures and protocols. Optical technologies have significant promise …

Toward high-rate and flexible optical networks

N Sambo, P Castoldi, F Cugini… - IEEE …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The evolution of optical technologies is driving the introduction of multirate optical networks
exploiting advanced transmission techniques and efficient switching devices. In the short …

Rate‐adaptable optical transmission and elastic optical networks

P Layec, A Morea, Y Pointurier… - … Technologies for High …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
This chapter discusses the changes in technology option or design to support the elastic
concept in an optical network. Next, it introduces in detail some practical aspects of the …

Elastic optical networks: The global evolution to software configurable optical networks

P Layec, A Morea, F Vacondio, O Rival… - Bell Labs Technical …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Worldwide operator deployment of high-speed 100G coherent optical networks is currently
underway. To ensure a competitive solution offering significant performance improvements …

Planning flexible optical networks under physical layer constraints

K Christodoulopoulos, P Soumplis… - Journal of Optical …, 2013 - opg.optica.org
We consider the planning problem of a flexible optical network. Given the traffic matrix and
the transponders' feasible configurations that account for the physical layer, we formulate the …

IF-RSCA: intelligent fragmentation-aware method for routing, spectrum and core assignment in space division multiplexing elastic optical networks (SDM-EON)

AA Beyragh, AG Rahbar, SMH Ghazvini… - Optical Fiber …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract An Intelligent Fragmentation Aware method is introduced that chooses the best
route, spectrum, and core for every incoming connection request in Space Division …

Distributed setup in optical networks with flexible grid

N Sambo, F Cugini, G Bottari, P Iovanna… - … and Exposition on …, 2011 - opg.optica.org
Lightpath setup is presented for distributed flexible-grid optical networks. Detailed and
aggregated methods to gather frequency slot availability information are proposed. The …