Title
Exploring the effects of physical layer parameters in WDM based fixed and flexible-grid networks
Abstract
We focus on the design of the logical layer on an optical infrastructure for three different architectures: fixed grid WDM with fixed-rate multilevel modulation (WDM-FRMF), fixed grid WDM with time-domain hybrid modulation formats (WDM-TDHFM) and flexible grid (FG). A fairly detailed physical layer modeling is considered in the network design algorithms. Simulations are performed on a 20 nodes network with varying traffic loads. Besides comparing the two paradigms of flexible and fixed grid networks, including both pure and hybrid modulation formats, in terms of their spectral efficiency and number of blocked requests, we show the importance of integrating a detailed physical layer modeling in the network design phase. We mostly focus on the investigation of the impact of changing physical layer design parameters such as fiber type and span length on network level performance.
Year
DOI
Venue
2015
10.1109/ONDM.2015.7127286
2015 International Conference on Optical Network Design and Modeling (ONDM)
Keywords
Field
DocType
wavelength division multiplexing,physical layer modeling,spectral efficiency,FG,flexible grid,WDM-TDHFM,fixed grid WDM with time-domain hybrid modulation format,WDM-FRMF,optical infrastructure,WDM based flexible-grid network,physical layer parameter effect
Wavelength-division multiplexing,Network level,Network planning and design,Computer science,Signal-to-noise ratio,Computer network,Modulation,Physical layer,Spectral efficiency,Grid,Distributed computing
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
6
Authors
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Arsalan Ahmad123.82
Andrea Bianco242751.32
Hussein Chouman300.34
Vittorio Curri43123.20
Guido Marchetto58620.64
Sarosh Tahir601.01