Optical Fiber Communication

Multi-layer design of IP over WDM backbone networks: Impact on cost and survivability
To address the reliability challenges due to failures and planned outages, Internet Service Providers (ISPs) typically use two backbone …
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Cost and Reliability Considerations in Designing the Next-Generation IP over WDM Backbone Networks
To accommodate the increasing demands for bandwidth, Internet Service Providers (ISPs) have deployed higher-speed links and …
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Dedicated path protection for waveband switching in WDM networks (invited paper)
This paper considers the problem of dedicated path-protection in a wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) mesh network with waveband …
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Discontinuous waveband switching in WDM optical networks
Routing techniques used in wavelength routed optical networks (WRN) do not give an efficient solution with waveband routed optical …
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Optimization of amplifier placements in switch-based optical networks
Wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) offers a solution to the problem of exploiting the large bandwidth on optical links; it is the …
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Optical communication networks for the next-generation internet
Computer and telecommunication networks are changing the world dramatically and will continue to do so in the foreseeable future. The …
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