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In an attempt to provide new solutions emerged, the Space-Division Multiplexing Elastic Optical Network emerged as one of the best ways to deal with the network depletion. However, it is necessary to establish lightpaths using routing, modulation, spectrum, and core allocation (RMSCA) algorithms to establish connections in these networks. This article proposes a crosstalk-aware RMSCA algorithm that uses a multi-path and mapping scheme for improving resource allocation. 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