WDM Mesh Networks: Management and Survivability - Hardcover

Hui Zang

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1402073550 ISBN 13: 9781402073557

Publisher: Springer, 2002

Synopsis

In recent years, with the rapid growth of the Internet, the bandwidth demand for data traffic is exploding. Optical networks based on wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) technology offer the promise to satisfy the bandwidth requirements of the Internet infrastructure. With WDM technology, signals are carried simultaneously on mUltiple wavelengths on a single fiber. WDM provides a practical approach of resolving the mismatch between the fiber ca­ pacity and the peak electronic processing speed. Mesh-based WDM networks have recently attracted much research and development interest since the In­ ternet topology is meshed in nature, and more importantly, mesh-based WDM networks are flexible with respect to routing and survivability. This book exam­ ines the management and survivability issues of mesh-based WDM networks and proposes new WDM network protocols and algorithms that could make telecommunication networks more efficient. Wavelength-routing has been one of the most important technologies to em­ ploy WDM in backbone networks. In wavelength-routed WDM networks, optical channels, which are referred to as lightpaths, are set up between WDM terminals. Most chapters of this bock are focused on various issues related to wavelength-routed networks, namely, routing and wavelength-assignment, con­ trol and management, fault management, and wavelength-converter placement. This book also presents an all-optical packet-switched network architecture based on the concept of photonic slot routing. The audience for this book are network designers and planners, research and development engineers active in the field of telecommunications, and students of optical networking at the graduate or senior undergraduate levels.

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WDM Mesh Networks Examines several of the key management and survivability issues related to mesh-based WDM networks and proposes WDM network protocols and algorithms that could make telecommunication networks more efficient. This book serves as a helpful reference for students of optical networking at the senior undergraduate and graduate levels. Full description

Synopsis

"WDM Mesh Networks: Management and Survivability" examines several of the key management and survivability issues related to mesh-based WDM networks and proposes new WDM network protocols and algorithms that could make telecommunication networks more efficient. The book focuses on various issues related to wavelength routed networks, namely, routing and wavelength assignment, control and management, fault management, and wavelength-converter placement. Special consideration has been given to designing optical networks with survivability requirements. Network designers and planners, and research and development engineers active in the field of telecommunications will find this book especially useful. "WDM Mesh Networks: Management and Survivability" will also serve as a helpful reference for students of optical networking at the senior undergraduate and graduate levels.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1402073550
• ISBN 13: 9781402073557
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 199