Optical WDM Networks

• Main Author: Mukherjee, Biswanath (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2006.
• Series: Optical Networks
• Subjects: Computer science.; Computer organization.; Computer communication systems.; Electrical engineering.; Computer Science.; Computer Communication Networks.; Communications Engineering, Networks.; Computer Systems Organization and Communication Networks.; Electrical Engineering.

Research and development on optical wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) networks have matured considerably. While optics and electronics should be used appropriately for transmission and switching hardware, note that "intelligence'' in any network comes from "software,'&#...

Table of Contents:

• Optical Networking: Principles and Challenges
• Enabling Technologies: Building Blocks
• Local, Access, and Metro Networks
• Single-Hop Networks
• Multihop Networks
• Optical Access Networks
• Optical Metro Networks
• Wavelength-Routed (Wide-Area) Optical Networks
• Routing and Wavelength Assignment
• Elements of Virtual-Topology Design
• Advanced Topics in Virtual-Topology Optimization
• Wavelength Conversion
• Survivable WDM Networks
• Light-Tree: Optical Multicasting
• Traffic Grooming
• Advanced Topics in Traffic Grooming
• All-Optical Impairment-Aware Routing
• Network Control and Management
• Optical Packet Switching (OPS)
• Optical Burst Switching (OBS).