… This study focuses on the routing and WavelengthAssignment (RWA) problem in
wavelength-routed optical WDM networks. Most of the attention is devoted to such networks …

… to WDM local, access, and metro optical network architectures. Part III discusses a wide variety
of problems in wavelength-routed WDM optical networks … field of optical WDM networking. …

… Part V is dedicated to the performance evaluation of wavelength-routing networks. The first
… of wavelength routing networks using a statistical traffic model for state independent routing. …

… routing in multi-hop WDM networks, which aims to minimize the number of wavelengths. We
illustrate the approach for several optical networks … approach produces clear routing paths, …

… of all-optical networks to be commercially realized, optical WDM networks are indeed coming
… This book is intended as an introduction to wavelength-routed WDM networks. The focus is …

… In this paper, we addressed the problem of routing dependable connections in WDM networks
with dynamic traffic demands. We developed two algorithms which make use of backup …

In WDM optical networks, the physical layer impairments (PLIs) and their significance depend
on network type-opaque, translucent, or transparent; the reach-access, metro, or core/long-…

… carriers, and outline the current research and development trends on WDM optical networks.
… of routing and wavelength assignment approaches for wavelength-routed optical WDM net…

… In this thesis, rigorous models are developed for the analysis of WDM wavelengthrouted
optical transport networks (WRONs), to study the impact of network parameters on WRON …

… routes), the entire network can self-adapt dynamically to the traffic changes. Although the
overlay model is seen as the first step in IP over optical networks… cooperative IP/WDM routing [1…