In order to solve the inefficient spectrum utilization problem in fixed-grid WDM networks
an upgrading scheme is proposed to upgrade the bottleneck links from fixed grid to flex grid networks.The paper defines the concept of bottleneck links
and proposes two strategies:the Link Density(LD)strategy and the congestion strategy.Numerical results show that the Bandwidth Blocking Rate(BBR)is reduced by the two strategies.The LD strategy performs different BBR reduction depending on different thresholds and the congestion strategy can effectively reduce the BBR.