Table of Contents

Introduction.- Part I Network Architecture and Planning. - Evolution from Wavelength Switch to Flexgrid Optical Networks.- Taking Advantage of Elastic Optical Networks.- Routing and Spectrum Allocation.- Part II Data Plane.- Transmission in Elastic Optical Networks.- Node Architecture.- Sliceable Bandwidth Variable Transponders.- Part III Control Plane.- Control Plane Architecture.- OpenFlow in Optical Networks.- Application Based Network Operations.- In-operation Planning. Architecture and Use Cases.- Conclusion.

About the Author

Dr. Lopez is a Technology Expert at Telefonica Global CTO units. He works on the IP and optical processes of the Telefonica group as well as in the research projects funded by the Telefonica group and the European Commission. He has wide experience from telecom industry to academe in his ten years career. He has co-authored more than 100 publications and contributed to IETF drafts.

Dr. Velasco had devoted more than 25 years in the telecommunications industry for advanced research, development and deployment of optical networks. His recent research efforts at Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya have been focusing on network planning. He has co-authored more than 130 peer-reviewed journals and conference papers. He has served in the technical program committee of Optical Fiber Communications (OFC) conference and is currently serving as an associate editor of IEEE/OSA Journal of Optical Communications and Networking.