{"title":"Routing and spectrum assignment in metro optical ring networks with distance-adaptive transceivers","authors":"M. Tornatore, C. Rottondi","doi":"10.1109/NOC.2015.7238616","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NOC.2015.7238616","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper we overview our research activities on the Routing and Spectrum Assignment (RSA) in optical metro ring networks with flexible grid and distance-adaptive transceivers. We consolidate our existing mathematical models of the RSA problem in a single comprehensive formulation that can work under very diverse assumptions (variable-vs. fixed-spectrum transceivers, regeneration vs. no regeneration, grooming vs. no grooming, etc.). We discuss the complexity of the various versions of the RSA problem and summarize the main numerical results obtained in our previous works. A final section is dedicated to an overview of possible extensions of this work in the context of Space Division Multiplexing.","PeriodicalId":162507,"journal":{"name":"2015 20th European Conference on Networks and Optical Communications - (NOC)","volume":"50 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121717384","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Greening next generation optical networks through a collapsed access and metro network architecture","authors":"T. Orphanoudakis, C. Matrakidis, A. Stavdas","doi":"10.1109/NOC.2015.7238611","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NOC.2015.7238611","url":null,"abstract":"Next generation access networks are leveraging on the efficiency of fiber access networks to deliver higher data rates in a sustainable manner balancing network deployment costs and the network energy footprint. Towards this direction Passive Optical Networks have been attracting a lot of interest since they can deliver an optimal balance of these two critical factors. However, the transition to next generation optical networks is still an issue under research since no mature technology has yet prevailed. Beyond the cost of the equipment that is used to develop the access systems the overall network architecture must be carefully studied and engineered in order to optimize overall system costs, taking power consumption into account. In this paper we demonstrate how a hybrid fiber access network architecture can combine mature TDM PON technologies and WDM multiplexing to exploit the benefits of an ultra long reach access network leading to a collapsed access and metro network architecture. We show that this combination can lead to lower overall power consumption mainly due to efficient traffic aggregation, node consolidation and simplification of metro and core network design.","PeriodicalId":162507,"journal":{"name":"2015 20th European Conference on Networks and Optical Communications - (NOC)","volume":"115 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117291361","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Z. Li, M. S. Erkılınç, S. Pachnicke, H. Griesser, R. Bouziane, B. Thomsen, P. Bayvel, R. Killey
{"title":"Performance limits of spectrally-efficient WDM direct-detection SSB Nyquist subcarrier modulation with signal-signal beat interference cancellation","authors":"Z. Li, M. S. Erkılınç, S. Pachnicke, H. Griesser, R. Bouziane, B. Thomsen, P. Bayvel, R. Killey","doi":"10.1109/NOC.2015.7238606","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NOC.2015.7238606","url":null,"abstract":"We carried out a simulation-based study assessing the performance of WDM direct-detection dispersion pre-compensated single-sideband (SSB) Nyquist-pulse-shaped QAM subcarrier modulated (N-SCM) systems using a receiver-based signal-signal beat interference (SSBI) cancellation technique. The performance improvement with SSBI cancellation, which compensates for the nonlinear distortion caused by square-law detection, was quantified for 9 × 112 Gb/s 16-QAM and 9 × 224 Gb/s 64-QAM N-SCM signals with net optical information spectral densities (ISD) of 2.1 (b/s)/Hz and 4.1 (b/s)/Hz respectively. The simulations predict significant reductions in the required OSNR, and increases of up to 45% in transmission distance over uncompensated standard single-mode fibre (SSMF) using the SSBI compensation technique.","PeriodicalId":162507,"journal":{"name":"2015 20th European Conference on Networks and Optical Communications - (NOC)","volume":"76 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129664214","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Impact of in-band crosstalk signals with different duty-cycles in M-QAM optical coherent receivers","authors":"B. Pinheiro, J. Rebola, L. Cancela","doi":"10.1109/NOC.2015.7238604","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NOC.2015.7238604","url":null,"abstract":"Optical coherent technology leads to the coexistence of signals with different modulation formats and different bit rates in optical networks. Due to this coexistence, several in-band crosstalk scenarios are possible. In this work, the impact of in-band crosstalk due to M-QAM interferers on the performance of PDM-QPSK and PDM-16-QAM coherent receivers at a bit rate of 100 Gbps is studied. The influence of the duty-cycle, time misalignment and phase difference between interferers and selected signal on the receiver performance is also assessed. We show that the QPSK signal with a duty-cycle of 33% is, generally, the most tolerant selected signal to in-band crosstalk and the less detrimental interferer to the coherent receiver performance. Additionally, we show that the time misalignment has a strong influence on the in-band crosstalk impact, when the duty-cycles of the interferers or selected signal are low.","PeriodicalId":162507,"journal":{"name":"2015 20th European Conference on Networks and Optical Communications - (NOC)","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126722140","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
H. Al-Musawi, W. P. Ng, Zabih Ghassemlooy, C. Lu, Nageswara Lalam
{"title":"Experimental analysis of EVM and BER for indoor radio-over-fibre networks using polymer optical fibre","authors":"H. Al-Musawi, W. P. Ng, Zabih Ghassemlooy, C. Lu, Nageswara Lalam","doi":"10.1109/NOC.2015.7238624","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NOC.2015.7238624","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a theoretical investigation and experimental implementation of indoor radio-over-fibre (RoF) using polymer optical fibre. We characterise the system based on the error vector magnitude (EVM), bit error rate (BER), and the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). We consider three modulation formats of quadrature phase shift keying (QPSK), 16-quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) and 64-QAM. The results show the effect of modulation order on the higher acceptable EVM limit that can be linked with the BER estimation process. Furthermore, the analysis of input signal power penalty for the three modulations indicates the advantage of higher order formats. We conclude that even with linear increment of the power penalty, higher orders modulation can offer a higher bandwidth without a significant difference compared to lower orders.","PeriodicalId":162507,"journal":{"name":"2015 20th European Conference on Networks and Optical Communications - (NOC)","volume":"44 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130636698","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ion Popescu, B. Uscumlic, A. Triki, Y. Pointurier, A. Gravey, P. Gravey
{"title":"Scalable routing, scheduling and virtualization for TWIN optical burst switching networks","authors":"Ion Popescu, B. Uscumlic, A. Triki, Y. Pointurier, A. Gravey, P. Gravey","doi":"10.1109/NOC.2015.7238609","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NOC.2015.7238609","url":null,"abstract":"We propose a comprehensive scalable algorithm simultaneously assessing the routing, scheduling and virtualization in Time-Domain Wavelength Interleaved Network (TWIN). TWIN is an energy-efficient optical burst switching technology for metropolitan area and data center intra- and interconnections, with destinations using separate allocated sets of wavelengths for the reception. Given the costs of the optical transponders and the wavelength use per km of fiber length, the proposed algorithm solves the routing and wavelength assignment problem, and in the same time allocates the time slots to traffic flows (performs the slot scheduling), so that the total network cost is minimized. The algorithm also enables the construction of overlayed virtual networking domains at minimum cost, which share the transponders and network links, and can employ different scheduling policies. The performance of the algorithm is compared with the pre-existing optimal dimensioning solution for single virtualization domain based on Integer Linear Programing, for different scenarios. The obtained results show that the network cost is within 27% of the optimal.","PeriodicalId":162507,"journal":{"name":"2015 20th European Conference on Networks and Optical Communications - (NOC)","volume":"51 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129583334","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"High capacity communications at 24 GHz and 60 GHz for converged 5G networking","authors":"M. Parker, G. Koczian, T. Quinlan, S. Walker","doi":"10.1109/NOC.2015.7238620","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NOC.2015.7238620","url":null,"abstract":"Next-generation 5G converged networks need to support applications requiring ultra-high speed wireless links exceeding 1 Gb/s, e.g. large file transfer and high definition video streaming, e.g. for D2D and D2I communications. Here, we describe wireless networking throughput beyond gigabit rates employing the 24 GHz (unlicensed ISM), and 60 GHz (802.11ad standard) bands. 802.11ad offers large available spectrum (>8.6 GHz) and defines protocols to enable throughput intensive applications such as wireless uncompressed video. Investigation of real-time, 24-GHz, wireless data communication in non-line-of-sight (NLoS) and multipath-rich scenarios is also presented. 24 GHz can also deliver 1 GbE in typical modern building environments while penetrating a range of commonly used construction materials. Security and latency are also important 5G issues, where mm-wave technologies are additionally expected to play an important enabling role.","PeriodicalId":162507,"journal":{"name":"2015 20th European Conference on Networks and Optical Communications - (NOC)","volume":"67 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132222297","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Howraa M. Mohammad Ali, A. Lawey, T. El-Gorashi, J. Elmirghani
{"title":"Energy efficient disaggregated servers for future data centers","authors":"Howraa M. Mohammad Ali, A. Lawey, T. El-Gorashi, J. Elmirghani","doi":"10.1109/NOC.2015.7238630","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NOC.2015.7238630","url":null,"abstract":"With the dawn of cloud computing, data centers' power consumption has received increased attention. In this paper we evaluate the energy efficiency potential of exploiting the concept of Disaggregated Server (DS) design in data centers for efficient resource provisioning. A DS, is a new approach for future racks where servers are disaggregated and resources, such as processors, memory and IO ports are arranged in resource pools constructing processing pools, memory pools and IO pools. We developed a mixed integer linear programming (MILP) model for energy minimization of the virtual machine (VM) placement problem in data centres implementing DS approach. The results show that the average power savings are up to 49% for the different VM types considered.","PeriodicalId":162507,"journal":{"name":"2015 20th European Conference on Networks and Optical Communications - (NOC)","volume":"77 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114583840","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Characterization of Brillouin frequency shift in Brillouin Optical Time Domain Analysis (BOTDA)","authors":"Nageswara Lalam, W. P. Ng, X. Dai, H. Al-Musawi","doi":"10.1109/NOC.2015.7238625","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NOC.2015.7238625","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we have characterised Brillouin frequency shift (BFS) in single mode silica fibre. In particular, BFS was characterised in conventional Brillouin Optical Time Domain Analysis (BOTDA) at operating wavelength of 1550 nm by a pump-probe technique. In addition, we also presented Brillouin gain and Brillouin loss mechanism in BOTDA sensing system. The simulation results shows, BFS have strong linear relationship with acoustic velocity and applied strain along the sensing fibre. A frequency shift of 60 MHz was obtained for each 0.1% strain (1000 μ-strain) on fibre. From the measurement results, it was evident that the each μ-strain on the fibre the frequency shift was found as 0.06 MHz. Therefore, BOTDA sensing system based on BFS is a promoting technique for structural health monitoring.","PeriodicalId":162507,"journal":{"name":"2015 20th European Conference on Networks and Optical Communications - (NOC)","volume":"94 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129690308","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
G. Carpintero, R. Guzman, C. Gordón, K. Lawniczuk, X. Leijtens
{"title":"Photonic-enabled millimeter-wave F-band wireless link using photonic integrated circuits","authors":"G. Carpintero, R. Guzman, C. Gordón, K. Lawniczuk, X. Leijtens","doi":"10.1109/NOC.2015.7238622","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NOC.2015.7238622","url":null,"abstract":"Millimeter-waves (30-300 GHz) have interest due to the wide bandwidths available for carrying information, enabling broadband wireless communications. Photonics is a key technology for millimeter wave signal generation, recently demonstrating the use of photonic integration to reduce size and cost. In this paper, we present two dual-wavelength Photonic Integrated Circuit structures designed for signal generation using the optical heterodyne technique. We demonstrate a 1 Gbps data rate wireless link that does not require any stabilization scheme to lock the two wavelengths. Both integrated dual-wavelength sources are based on an Arrayed Waveguide Grating element. A novel building block-Multimode Interference Reflectors - is used to integrate on-chip one of these structures, without need of cleaved facets to define the laser cavity. This fact enables us to locate any of these structures at any location within the photonic chip.","PeriodicalId":162507,"journal":{"name":"2015 20th European Conference on Networks and Optical Communications - (NOC)","volume":"73 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121555995","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}