Optical WDM Networks Principles and Practice

Optical WDM networking technology is spearheading a bandwidth revolution in the networking infrastructure being developed for the next generation Internet. Rapid advances in optical components have enabled the transition from point-to-point WDM links to all-optical networking. Optical WDM Networks:...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Sivalingam, Krishna M. (Editor), Subramaniam, Suresh (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer US 2002, 2002
Edition:1st ed. 2002
Series:The Springer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Survey of State-of-the-art
  • Optical Network Components
  • Fiber, Lasers, Receivers, and Amplifiers
  • Switches, Wavelength Routers, and Wavelength Converters
  • Wavelength Routing Networks
  • Design of Logical Topologies for Wavelength Routed Networks
  • A Taxonomy of Switching Techniques
  • WDM Networks with Limited or no Wavelength Conversion for Worst Case Traffic
  • Broadcast Star Networks
  • MAC Protocols for WDM Networks — Survey and Summary
  • Scheduling Algorithms for Unicast, Multicast, and Broadcast
  • Design and Analysis of a Media Access Protocol for Star Coupled WDM Networks with TT-TR Architecture
  • A Multicasting Protocol for Multichannel Local Optical Networks
  • Performance Evaluation
  • Blocking Performance of Wavelength-routing Networks
  • Dynamic Wavelength Routing Techniques and their Performance Analyses
  • Miscellaneous Topics
  • Optical Access Networks for the Next Generation Internet
  • Optical Network Management
  • Hitless Switching in a Data-centric WDM Optical Network
  • Optical WDM Networks: Future Vision