Abstract
This paper provides the first analysis of the impact of spectrum conversion on the lightpath blocking performance in the CO-OFDM optical networks. Two analytical models for the cases of using and not using spectrum convertors are developed for an H-hop end-to-end lightpath and a network, respectively. Numerical results show that the use of spectrum convertors can significantly improve the lightpath blocking performance.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 6464494 |
Pages (from-to) | 789-792 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | IEEE Communications Letters |
Volume | 17 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2013 |
Keywords
- CO-OFDM
- lightpath blocking
- spectrum assignment
- spectrum continuity
- spectrum conversion