NeTS: Medium: Collaborative Research: GOALI: Adaptive and Flexible Spectrum Optical Networking

本项目将研究和开发弹性光网络(EONS)技术。在亿万年中，可以将灵活数量的频谱带宽分配给每个数据信道，而不需要遵守固定的波长网格。这种方法非常适合以带宽高效的方式支持广泛的动态流量需求。光学任意波形产生(OAWG)和光学任意波形测量(OAWM)等关键使能技术将通过将频谱划分为频谱切片并以与CMOS电子学兼容的较低速率动态处理信息来实现大频谱上的弹性光学联网。该项目将利用这些技术作为EON技术、体系结构、协议、网络控制和管理、系统集成和试验台集成的创新硬件和软件解决方案的基础。光网络基础架构和技术的进步对美国的竞争力至关重要。该项目将与几个总部位于美国的行业组织合作，作为技术转让的一种手段。研究成果和出版物可能会影响灵活网格联网的标准化活动(例如，国际电信联盟关于FLEX网格的ITU-T SG15)。该项目将把教育和研究联系起来，并为光学和更高层网络以及计算机工程方面的跨学科教育提供丰富的平台。

This project will study and develop technology for Elastic Optical Networks (EONs). In EONs flexible amounts of spectral bandwidth may be allocated to each data channel without requiring adherence to a fixed wavelength grid. Such an approach is well-suited for supporting a wide range of dynamic traffic demands in a bandwidth-efficient manner. Key enabling technologies, optical arbitrary waveform generation(OAWG) and optical arbitrary waveform measurement (OAWM), will enable elastic optical networking over a large spectrum by dividing the spectrum into spectral slices and dynamically processing information at lower rates compatible with CMOS electronics. The project will leverage these technologies as a basis for innovative hardware and software solutions for EON technology, architectures, protocols, network control and management, system integration, and testbed integration. Advances in the basic architecture and technology for optical networking is important for US competitiveness. The project will work with several US-based industrial organizations as a means of technology transfer. The research results and publications will likely to impact standardization activities of flexible grid networking (e.g. International Telecommunication Union ITU-T SG15 on flex grid). The project will link education and research and serve as a rich platform for crossdisciplinary education in optical and higher-layer networking, and in computer engineering.