The size, complexity, and the amount of traffic generation of optical communication networks
have dramatically increased over the last decades. Exciting technologies, namely, optical …

Optical communication networks are considered the main catalyst for the transformation of
communication technology, and serve as the backbone of today's Internet. The inclusion of …

In optical networking, information-bearing electrical signals are transported by up-converting
the signals into the optical domain and then transmitting them over high-capacity low-loss …

Wavelength-Division Multiplexed (WDM)-based optical transport networks, utilizing
intelligent switches have emerged as the preferred architecture to accommodate the …

The continuous growth of Internet traffic, including HD video rendering, cloud computing,
and the Internet of things (IoT), motivates more efficient optical communications capable of …

The traffic demands keep increasing rapidly due to the growing number of broadband users
and the existing and upcoming applications available to the end users. In addition, the …

With the even faster popularity of multimedia applications in recent years, newly emerging
applications require short-lived high bandwidth connections. The agile all-optical solution is …

Optical network will revolute from TDM transmission to any-service provision, from data
aware to service aware. A new any-service providing platform (ASPP) is introduced, and the …

Optical WDM networking technology is spearheading a bandwidth revolution in the
networking infrastructure being developed for the next generation Internet. Rapid advances …

BACKGROUND As Internet traffic continues to dramatically increase, today's communication
and data networks face many chal lenges to Support and manage the vast amounts of …