Towards Digital Optical Networks COST Action 291 Final Report /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Tomkos, Ioannis (Editor), Spyropoulou, Maria (Editor), Ennser, Karin (Editor), Köhn, Martin (Editor), Mikac, Branko (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 5412
• Subjects: Computer science.; Computer communication systems.; Management information systems.; Computer engineering.; Optics.; Optoelectronics.; Plasmons (Physics).; Computer Science.; Computer Communication Networks.; Computer Engineering.; Management of Computing and Information Systems.; Optics, Optoelectronics, Plasmonics and Optical Devices.

COST – the acronym for European COoperation in Science and Technology – is the oldest and widest European intergovernmental network for cooperation in - search. Established by the Ministerial Conference in November 1971, COST is presently used by the scientific communities of 35 European countries t...

Table of Contents:

• I
• Novel Transponder Interfaces: Novel Modulation Formats
• Electronic Channel Equalization Techniques
• Optical Signal Processing Techniques for Signal Regeneration and Digital Logic
• Evolution of Optical Access Networks
• Novel Switch Architectures
• II
• Cross-Layer Optimization Issues for Realizing Transparent Mesh Optical Networks
• Performance Issues in Optical Burst/Packet Switching
• Multi-layer Traffic Engineering (MTE) in Grooming Enabled ASON/GMPLS Networks
• Network Resilience in Future Optical Networks
• Optical Storage Area Networks
• III
• Software Tools and Methods for Modelling Physical Layer Issues
• Software Tools and Methods for Research and Education in Optical Networks.