Quality of Service-enabled applications and services rely on Traffic Engineering-based (TE)
Label Switched Paths (LSP) established in core networks and controlled by the GMPLS …

Emerging services and applications demanding high bitrate and stringent quality of service
requirements are pushing telecom operators to upgrade their core networks based on …

The introduction of new services requiring large and dynamic bitrate connectivity can cause
changes in the direction of the traffic in metro and even core network segments throughout …

Future flexible-grid elastic optical networks are very promising due to their higher spectrum
efficiency and flexibility comparing to the rigid spectrum grid optical networks realized with …

Network operators are facing the problem of dimensioning their networks for the expected
huge IP traffic volumes while keeping constant or even reducing the connectivity prices …

Explains the importance of Elastic Optical Networks (EONs) and how they can be
implemented by the world's carriers This book discusses Elastic Optical Networks (EONs) …

A connection spanning, for example, several countries crosses multiple optical backbone
networks, each one controlled by different administrators or operators. In this context, the …

Dynamic operation of flexgrid networks might cause optical spectrum to be divided into
fragments, which makes it difficult finding contiguous spectrum of the required width for …

The recent advances in photonic technology will allow deploying flexgrid-based optical core
networks in the near future. Although that technology favors more efficient spectrum …

Network operators are facing hard competition for opportunities in the telecommunications
market, forcing network investments to be carefully evaluated before the decision-making …