Impact of client- and line-side flexibility in the lifecycle of next-generation transport networks [Invited]

Fast developments in the transport network ecosystem are putting into question the foundations on which to base next-generation backbone networks. Flexibility is touted as an essential requirement to cope with traffic increasing in volume and unpredictability. Based on this principle, flexible transmission modules such as the sliceable bandwidth-variable transponder (SBVT) have been proposed to ex...