Publisher Summary The long-haul domain is extensively used for lightwave systems as the
cost of expensive hardware can be shared among many users. Nowadays, because the …

Through the use of configurable wavelength-division-multiplexing (WDM) technology
including tunable optical transceivers and frequency selective switches, next-generation …

This paper considers a network design problem introduced by Gerstel, Lin and Sasaki
(INFOCOM'98) in which resource allocation is performed within a Wavelength Division …

We address two questions related to the design and management of ring-based networks
and the choice of add–drop multiplexer (ADM) technology. One issue is the benefit of a …

Over the past few years, the field of computer and telecommunications networking has
experienced tremendous growth. Traffic demand has increased substantially, somewhat …

The last few years have witnessed an explosive growth in the development and deployment
of networked applications that transmit and receive audio and video content over the …