@inproceedings{a6e022640f8e426e90dd100f5ea8cde5,
title = "Root mean square (RMS) factor for assessing spectral fragmentation in flexible grid optical networks",
abstract = "The RMS factor is proposed as a novel measure to quantify spectral fragmentation. Simulation results show that RMS is more effective than the existing measures when used to determine the routing and spectrum assignment.",
author = "Zilong Ye and Patel, \{Ankitkumar N.\} and Ji, \{Philip N.\} and Chunming Qiao",
year = "2014",
language = "English",
isbn = "9781922107213",
series = "2014 OptoElectronics and Communication Conference, OECC 2014 and Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology, ACOFT 2014",
publisher = "IEEE Computer Society",
pages = "357--358",
booktitle = "2014 OptoElectronics and Communication Conference, OECC 2014 and Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology, ACOFT 2014",
address = "United States",
note = "19th OptoElectronics and Communications Conference, OECC 2014 and the 39th Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology, ACOFT 2014 ; Conference date: 06-07-2014 Through 10-07-2014",
}