Survivable Optical WDM Networks

• Main Authors: Ou, Canhui Sam (Author), Mukherjee, Biswanath (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2005.
• Series: Optical Networks,
• Subjects: Engineering.; Computer communication systems.; Optics.; Optoelectronics.; Plasmons (Physics).; Electrical engineering.; Microwaves.; Optical engineering.; Communications Engineering, Networks.; Computer Communication Networks.; Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering.; Optics, Optoelectronics, Plasmonics and Optical Devices.; Electrical Engineering.

Survivable Optical WDM Networks investigates different approaches for designing and operating an optical network with the objectives that (1) more connections can be carried by a given network, leading to more revenue, and (2) connections can recover faster in case of failures, leading to better ser...

Table of Contents:

• Shared-Path Protection for Resource Efficiency
• Sub-Path Protection for Scalability and Fast Recovery
• Segment Protection for Bandwidth Efficiency and Differentiated Quality of Protection
• Survivable Traffic Grooming-Dedicated Protection
• Survivable Traffic Grooming-Shared Protection
• Survivable Virtual Concatenation for Data Over Sonet/Sdh.