… In this paper, we have presented a heuristic method to design and optimize an optical
transport network according to a given set of static protected connections, so that two objectives …

… large national optical transport network and a large optical ring … important information for
network designers to identify areas … , network designers may choose to redesign the network to …

… Optical line interface technology has been the key enabler to reduce the cost … optical
transport networks and mitigating or even avoiding the need to roll out or lease additional optical …

Wavelength-routed optical networks (WRON's) are attracting significant attention for future
high-capacity transport applications. This paper studies resilient multifiber WRON's, …

… For our optical network design we assumed line-systems … optical transparent transport
networks in the European environmentresults of the research project COST 239, Photonic Network …

… optical transport networks. This article reviews the literature on the architectures of the CO-OFDM
optical transport network and discusses key issues, particularly involving network …

… transport part of a 5G FWA network. In [8], the authors studied the requirements of the optical
transport networks of … rate, and the optical technology options for the FWA transport network …

… It is demonstrated that these technologies have brought about a dramatic change in transport
network design and performance. Further innovations are required to fully realize a high-…

… and automated network control and light path setup are key elements in the design of
next-generation optical transport networks. To realize these capabilities, reconfigurable optical add/…

In this paper, we first describe an optimum signal constellation design algorithm, which is
optimum in MMSE-sense, called MMSE-OSCD, for channel capacity achieving source …