Space division multiplexing (SDM), as a potential means of enhancing the capacity of optical
transmission systems, has attracted widespread attention. However, the adoption of SDM …

Space-division multiplexing elastic optical networks (SDM-EONs) will play an important role
in addressing the increasing Internet traffic, thanks to their spectrum utilization flexibility and …

The flex-grid technology or elastic optical network (EON) is accepted to be a propitious
solution for the future transport network due to its unique properties, which are bandwidth …

The rapid growth in communications and internet has changed our way of life, and our
requirement for communication bandwidth. Optical networks can enable us to meet the …

Recently, multi-band elastic optical networks (MB-EONs) have been introduced to increase
the transmission capacity of optical networks by expanding the transmission frequency …

In this paper, the problem of routing, modulation level, core, and spectrum assignment
(RMCSA) in space-division-multiplexed elastic optical networks (SDM-EONs) is studied. We …

To support the fifth-generation bandwidth-hungry applications, such as the Internet of
Things, virtual reality, augmented reality, and cloud computing, elastic optical networks have …

As elastic optical networks (EONs) are expected to convey high bitrate connections, a failure
in these networks causes vast data losses. Thus, addressing the problem of survivability in …

As the services in elastic optical networks (EONs) are bandwidth-intensive, unpredictable
and dynamic, increasing network factors are emerging to affect the performance of network …

The evolution of generational networks has stimulated the growth of delay-sensitive traffic,
destabilizing the already incapacitated existing network infrastructure. Due to time …