Energy efficiency in elastic-bandwidth optical networks

Jorge Lopez Vizcaino, Yabin Ye, Idelfonso Tafur Monroy

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    Abstract

    The forecasted growth in the Internet traffic has made the operators and industry to be concerned about the power consumption of the networks, and to become interested in alternatives to plan and operate the networks in a more energy efficient manner. The introduction of OFDM, and its property of elastic bandwidth allocation, opens new horizons in the operation of optical networks. In this paper, we compare the network planning problem in an elastic bandwidth CO-OFDM-based network and a fixed-grid WDM network. We highlight the benefits that bandwidth elasticity and the selection of different modulation formats offer in terms of energy efficiency.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publication2011 International Conference on the Network of the Future (NOF)
    PublisherIEEE
    Publication date2011
    Pages107-111
    ISBN (Print)978-1-4577-1605-8
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2011
    EventInternational Conference on the Network of the Future - Paris, France
    Duration: 28 Nov 201130 Nov 2011

    Conference

    ConferenceInternational Conference on the Network of the Future
    Country/TerritoryFrance
    CityParis
    Period28/11/201130/11/2011

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