Introduction.- Part I Network Architecture and Planning. - Evolution from Wavelength Switch to Flexgrid Optical Networks.- Taking Advantage of Elastic Optical Networks.- Routing and Spectrum Allocation.- Part II Data Plane.- Transmission in Elastic Optical Networks.- Node Architecture.- Sliceable Bandwidth Variable Transponders.- Part III Control Plane.- Control Plane Architecture.- OpenFlow in Optical Networks.- Application Based Network Operations.- In-operation Planning. Architecture and Use Cases.- Conclusion.
Dr. Lopez is a Technology Expert at Telefonica Global CTO units. He works on the IP and optical processes of the Telefonica group as well as in the research projects funded by the Telefonica group and the European Commission. He has wide experience from telecom industry to academe in his ten years career. He has co-authored more than 100 publications and contributed to IETF drafts.
Dr. Velasco had devoted more than 25 years in the telecommunications industry for advanced research, development and deployment of optical networks. His recent research efforts at Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya have been focusing on network planning. He has co-authored more than 130 peer-reviewed journals and conference papers. He has served in the technical program committee of Optical Fiber Communications (OFC) conference and is currently serving as an associate editor of IEEE/OSA Journal of Optical Communications and Networking.
This book addresses challenges
and potential solutions surrounding the dramatic yearly increases in bandwidth
demand. The editors discuss the predicament surrounding current growth, which
is predicted to continue because of the proliferation of disruptive, high
bandwidth applications like video and cloud applications. They also discuss
that in addition to growth, traffic will become much more dynamic, both in time
and direction. The contributors show how large changes in traffic magnitude
during a 24-hour period can be observed, as day-time business users have very
different demands to evening-time residential customers, and how this plays
into addressing future challenges. In addition, they discuss potential
solutions for the issues surrounding situations where multiple content and
cloud service providers offer competing services, causing the traffic direction
to become more dynamic. The contributors discuss that although the WDM
transponder technology can be upgraded to 100Gb/s in the short to medium term, and
to 1Tb/s in the longer term, bandwidth-variable transponders that can adjust
their bandwidth quickly and under software control are needed. In addition,
they posit that by using a flexible grid the optical spectrum can be used in a
more flexible way. The book comprehensively addresses all these topics and aims
at providing a reference for the coming years for researchers, engineers, and
practitioners working in the field. Planning and algorithms for elastic optical
networks (EONs) are presented, including mathematical models and algorithms.
Discusses the evolution from WDM to flexible and the
new applications that EONs can support
Shows how in the data plane, transmission in EON will
cover the next generation of bandwidth variable transponders, novel
modulation formats, mitigation of impairments, and node architectures
Presents extensions to GMPLs and OpenFlow for EONS in
the control plane, extensions to GMPLS and OpenFlow for EONs, and the
concept of in-operation planning