The architectures of optical networks (which exhibit high performance and employ high
speed optical components that can be easily implemented) are investigated. Consider the …

We introduce a meshed ring communications network which employs cross-connect
switches. The cross-connect switches can be implemented as wavelength routers resulting …

We introduce a meshed ring communications network which employs cross‐connect
switches. The crossconnect switches can be implemented as wavelength routers resulting in …

We introduce a meshed ring communication s network which employs cross-connect
switches. Such a network provides higher reliability, security, and throughput capabilities …

We study the survivability of a meshed-ring communication network that employs cross-
connect switches. For WDM networks, the cross-connect switches are implemented as …

We introduce a meshed ring communications network that employs cross-connect switches.
The network is divided into (overlapping) communities of nodes. Each community is …

We study an all-optical wavelength-division packet-switching meshed-ring
local/metropolitan area network. This network architecture, known as SMARTNet (Scalable …

We study the SMARTNet (scalable multichannel adaptable ring terabit network), an optical
wavelength-division packet-switching meshed-ring network employing wavelength routers …

We propose and analyze layered switch architectures that possess high design flexibility,
greatly reduced switch size, and high expandability. The improvement in loss and crosstalk …

This PhD thesis presents a suite of methods for optimising design and for analysing blocking
probabilities of all-optical networks. It thus contributes methodical knowledge to the field of …