Elastic Optical Networks

Bijoy Chand Chatterjee is an Assistant Professor and DST Inspire Faculty at South Asian University, New Delhi, India. He is also an Adjunct Professor at Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology Delhi (IIITD), New Delhi. He received the Ph.D. degree from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Tezpur University, in 2014. From 2014 to 2017, he was a Post-Doctoral Researcher with the Department of Communication Engineering and Informatics, The University of Electro-Communications, Tokyo, Japan. From 2017 to 2018, he worked as a DST Inspire Faculty at IIITD, India. In 2018, he joined South Asian University, New Delhi, India. Before joining South Asian University, he was an ERCIM Postdoctoral Researcher at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway. His research interests include Optical networks, QoS-aware protocols, Optimization, and Routing. He is a Senior Member of IEEE and a Life Member of IETE.

This book deals with both, fundamental and advanced concepts in elastic optical networking, and includes practical and theoretical aspects. It focuses on architectures, technologies, control, and management aspects. It also addresses the research challenges and open issues in EONs and provides future directions for future research.

Preface. Introduction to optical networks. Elastic optical networks. Network and node architectures for elastic optical networks. Routing and spectrum allocation for elastic optical networks. Different aspects related to routing and spectrum allocation. Spectrum fragmentation problems in elastic optical networks. Spectrum fragmentation management approaches considering non defragmentation. Spectrum fragmentation management approaches considering defragmentation. Spectrum fragmentation management approaches in 1+1 protected elastic optical networks. Spectrum fragmentation management in software-defined elastic optical networks. Mathematical modeling for problems in elastic optical networks. Computational complexity analysis for problems in elastic optical networks. Research issues and challenges in elastic optical networks. References. Index.