We provide a comprehensive survey of packet-switched ring metro WDM networks. We first
review current standardization and testbed activities, then we provide a categorization of …

Metropolitan area networks are currently undergoing an evolution aimed at more efficiently
transport of data-oriented traffic. However, the incoming generation of metro networks is …

Both wavelength-division-multiplexing (WDM) networks with a ring architecture and WDM
networks with a star architecture have been extensively studied as solutions to the ever …

This paper investigates the challenges for developing the current local area network (LAN)-
based Ethernet protocol into a technology for future network architectures that is capable of …

Packet-based optical access ring is becoming a promising solution in metropolitan networks.
Its performance depends mainly on how optical resource sharing takes place among the …

In this paper we present a dynamic bandwidth allocation algorithm for EPON, which makes
use of the Multipoint Control Protocol (MPCP) with threshold reporting and with inter-and …

Packet-based optical access ring is becoming a promising solution in metropolitan networks.
Its performance depends mainly on how optical resource sharing takes place among the …

The paper describes the study of the multichannel upgrade of IEEE Standard 802.17
Resilient Packet Ring (RPR) in particular and optical single-channel ring networks in …

In this paper we present a new optical networking platform called optical packet switch and
transport or OPST. We present some techno-economic modelling results that show how …

The HORNET (hybrid optoelectronic ring network) architecture is a packet-over-WDM ring
network that utilizes fast-tunable packet transmitters and wavelength routing to enable it to …