Simplified framework for optimal support of 40Gb/s and 100Gb/s services over OTN exploiting grooming and VCAT

We propose a simplified framework that exploits grooming and virtual concatenation to minimize the optical transport network cost for supporting 40 Gb/s and 100 Gb/s services. The impact of transceiver cost and maximum optical reach is assessed.

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