Next Generation Optical Network Design and Modelling

Traditional multi-layer architectures, such as the widely deployed IP/ATM/SDH prool stack, are increasingly based on WDM transport; further efforts are sought to move at the optical layer more of the functionalities available today in higher prool layers. New components and subsystems for very high-speed optical networks offer new design opportunities to network operators and designers. The trends towards dynamically configurable all-optical network infrastructures open up a wide range of new network engineering and design choices, which must face issues such as interoperability and unified control and management.

Next Generation Optical Network Design and Modelling contains the papers presented at the Sixth Working Conference on Optical Network Design and Modelling, which was sponsored by the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) and held in February 2002 at Politecnico di Torino, Italy. With contributions from researchers, network operators and manufacturers from Europe, America and Asia, this volume provides a comprehensive snapshot of the current state of the art in optical networking.

Researchers, network operators, and manufacturers from Europe, America, and Asia discuss optical network design and modelling techniques as such networks are being implemented, especially in metropolitan areas, to relieve the electronic bottleneck caused by massive increases in consumer applications of telecommunications. The 32 papers cover MAC protocols, burst switching, Italian projects, switch architecture, protection and restoration, virtual topology design, wavelength routed networks, and physical aspects of transmission. There is no subject index. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR