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2015
Journal Article
Title

Next generation elastic optical networks: The vision of the European research project IDEALIST

Abstract
In this work we detail the strategies adopted in the European research project IDEALIST to overcome the predicted data plane capacity crunch in optical networks. In order for core and metropolitan telecommunication systems to be able to catch up with Internet traffic, which keeps growing exponentially, we exploit the elastic optical networks paradigm for its astounding characteristics: flexible bandwidth allocation and reach tailoring through adaptive line rate, modulation formats, and spectral efficiency. We emphasize the novelties stemming from the flex-grid concept and report on the corresponding proposed target network scenarios. Fundamental building blocks, like the bandwidth-variable transponder and complementary node architectures ushering those systems, are detailed focusing on physical layer, monitoring aspects, and node architecture design.
Author(s)
Napoli, A.
Bohn, M.
Rafique, D.
Stavdas, A.
Sambo, N.
Poti, L.
Nölle, M.
Fischer, J.K.
Riccardi, E.
Pagano, A.
Giglio, A. di
Moreolo, M.S.
Fabrega, J.M.
Hugues-Salas, E.
Zervas, G.
Simeonidou, D.
Layec, P.
D'Errico, A.
Rahman, T.
Gimenez, J.P.F.-P.
Journal
IEEE Communications Magazine  
DOI
10.1109/MCOM.2015.7045404
Language
English
Fraunhofer-Institut für Nachrichtentechnik, Heinrich-Hertz-Institut HHI  
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