Analysis and design of backbone architecture alternatives for IP optical networking

S Baroni, JO Eaves, M Kumar… - IEEE Journal on …, 2000 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The unprecedented growth of IP traffic is leading Internet service providers and network
operators worldwide to investigate architectural alternatives for cost effective, reliable …

Architectures for evolving traditional service provider networks and methods of optimization therefor

H Raza, R Awdeh, K Nagaraj - US Patent 6,870,813, 2005 - Google Patents
The present invention discloses novel network architectures for evolving traditional service
provider networks. The network architecture of the invention has a transport layer including …

Backbone network architectures for IP optical networking

S Baroni - … Transactions of the Royal Society of London …, 2000 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The unprecedented growth of Internet Protocol (IP) traffic is leading Internet Service
Providers and network operators worldwide to investigate architectural alternatives for cost …

Architectures for evolving traditional service provider networks and methods of optimization therefor

H Raza, R Awdeh, K Nagaraj - US Patent 7,649,847, 2010 - Google Patents
(51) Int. Cl ment, the optical network is a bi-directional line-switched ion i2/28(2006.01) ring
(BLSR) utilizing a Synchronous Optical Network (SO H04L 2/66(2006.015 NET) standard …