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Planning Optical Networks for Unexpected Traffic Growth

Networking and Internet Architecture 2020-12-09 v1

Abstract

A lightpath configuration algorithm considering a multi-period traffic model is presented and evaluated to a realistic German core network study.~Strategically exploiting BVT excess capacity, we show that offered traffic can be carried up to an additional five years in all traffic growth scenarios.

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@article{arxiv.2012.04360,
  title  = {Planning Optical Networks for Unexpected Traffic Growth},
  author = {Sai Kireet Patri and Achim Autenrieth and Jörg-Peter Elbers and Carmen Mas Machuca},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2012.04360},
  year   = {2020}
}
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