While optical-transmission techniques have been researched for quite some time, optical"
networking" studies have been conducted only over the past dozen years or so. The field …

This book takes a pragmatic approach to deploying state-of-the-art optical networking
equipment in metro-core and backbone networks. The book is oriented towards practical …

We develop traffic grooming algorithms for unidirectional SONET/WDM ring networks. The
objective is to assign calls to wavelengths in a way that minimizes the total cost of electronic …

We provide network designs for optical add-drop wavelength-division-multiplexed (OADM)
rings that minimize overall network cost, rather than just the number of wavelengths needed …

High-end access networks that serve large businesses and campuses will greatly benefit
from the introduction of WDM technology, in terms of greater bandwidth, increased flexibility …

Current optical networks are migrating to wavelength division multiplexing (WDM)-based
fiber transport between traditional electronic multiplexers/demultiplexers, routers, and …

In this paper, we consider the traffic grooming, routing, and wavelength assignment (GRWA)
problem for optical mesh networks. In most previous studies on optical mesh networks, traffic …

In high-speed SONET rings with point-to-point WDM links, the cost of SONET add-drop
multiplexers (S-ADMs) can be dominantly high. However, by grooming traffic (ie …

Traffic grooming is the term used to describe how different traffic streams are packed into
higher speed streams. In a synchronous optical network-wavelength division multiplexing …

One drawback to deploying wavelength division multiplexed (WDM) synchronous optical
network (SONET) rings is the potentially large amount of equipment necessary for their …