Optical Fiber Networks

Survivable traffic grooming with differentiated end-to-end availability guarantees in WDM mesh networks
Traffic grooming is critical in WDM optical metropolitan area networks (MANs), where low-rate connections are packed onto high-rate …
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Dynamic traffic grooming algorithms for reconfigurable SONET over WDM networks
The emergence of wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) technology provides the capability for increasing the bandwidth of synchronous …
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Priority-based lambda scheduler
Optical networks provide a new dimension to meet the demands of exponentially growing traffic. Optical packet switching requires a good …
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An analytical model for virtual topology reconfiguration in optical networks and a case study
An analytical model for virtual topology reconfiguration (VTR) in optical networks is developed. It aims at the optical networks with a …
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Centralized vs. distributed connection management schemes under different traffic patterns in wavelength-convertible optical networks
Centralized and distributed methods are two connection management schemes in wavelength convertible optical networks. In the earlier …
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Dynamic routing in translucent WDM optical networks
Translucent WDM optical networks use sparse placement of regenerators to overcome the impairments and wavelength contention introduced …
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Translucent optical WDM networks for the next-generation backbone networks
This paper proposes an alternate approach to fully transparent and fully opaque optical networks for operating a wavelength routed …
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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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Virtual topology reconfiguration of wavelength-routed optical WDM networks
The bandwidth requirements of the Internet are increasing every day and there are newer and more bandwidth-thirsty applications …
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