Evolving Optical Networks for Latency-Sensitive Smart-Grid Communications via Optical Time Slice Switching (OTSS) Technologies

TL;DR

This paper introduces a new OTSS-assisted optical network architecture tailored for smart-grid communications, significantly reducing latency and blocking probability compared to traditional flexi-grid networks.

Contribution

The paper presents a novel OTSS-based architecture specifically designed for low-latency smart-grid communication needs, demonstrating superior performance.

Findings

OTSS significantly reduces latency in smart-grid networks.

OTSS achieves lower blocking probability than conventional methods.

The proposed architecture outperforms traditional flexi-grid networks.

Abstract

In this paper, we proposed a novel OTSS-assisted optical network architecture for smart-grid communication networks, which has unique requirements for low-latency connections. Illustrative results show that, OTSS can provide extremely better performance in latency and blocking probability than conventional flexi-grid optical networks.