Elastic Optical Path Network Architecture: Framework for Spectrally-Efficient and Scalable Future Optical Networks

Masahiko JINNO  Hidehiko TAKARA  Yoshiaki SONE  Kazushige YONENAGA  Akira HIRANO  

Publication
IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Communications   Vol.E95-B   No.3   pp.706-713
Publication Date: 2012/03/01
Online ISSN: 1745-1345
DOI: 10.1587/transcom.E95.B.706
Print ISSN: 0916-8516
Type of Manuscript: INVITED PAPER (Special Section on New/Next Generation Photonic Networking and Future Networks)
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Keyword: 
optical network,  WDM,  IP network,  elastic optical path,  spectrum efficiency,  

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Summary: 
This paper presents an elastic optical path network architecture as a novel networking framework to address the looming capacity crunch problem in internet protocol (IP) and optical networks. The basic idea is to introduce elasticity and adaptation into the optical domain to yield spectrally-efficient optical path accommodation, heightened network scalability through IP traffic offloading to the elastic optical layer, and enhanced survivability for serious disasters.