… Examining the features of optical WDM networks, we outline several promising approaches
… We also suggest traffic grooming be performed at end nodes instead of intermediate nodes …

In this chapter, we consider equipment failures which may occur in a network< and disrupt
traffic. Figure 11.1 shows different types of failures that may occur in an optical WDM network. …

… technology for practical optical communication networks since all of the end-user equipment
… WDM optical components and present the WDM networking architectures and challenges. …

… network architectures employing Passive Optical Networks (… to users in access networks and
their advantages over current … , the network's performance is usually frustrating to end users…

… degrade the quality of optical signal even at low to medium data rates, it is mandatory for an
algorithm for dynamic routing and wavelength assignment in a WDM network to consider the …

… networks span inter-regional/global distances (1000 km or more) and are optimized for
transmission and related costs. At the other end of the hierarchy are access networks, … ) networks, …

… We are thankful to Springer for giving us the opportunity to … Banerjee, D., Mukherjee, B.:
A practical approach for routing … of limited optical-layer resources in WDM networks under …

… bandwidth to create an appropriate-sized end-to-end optical path. When the traffic increases,
… of the elastic optical network improves by 5–95% compared to a fixed-grid WDM network, …

… Science+Business Media, LLC 2006 … In the present paper, routing and wavelength
assignment (RWA) in optical WDM networks is discussed. Previous techniques based on the …

… in order to provide fast and automated end-to-end connection … He is author of Optical WDM
Networks (New York: Springer-… He is Editor of Springer’s Optical Networks Book Series. He …