The advent of fiber optic transmission systems and wavelength division multiplexing (WDM)
have led to a dramatic increase in the usable bandwidth of single fiber systems. This book …

In this paper we consider the optimal design and provisioning of WDM networks for the
grooming of multicast subwavelength traffic. We develop a unified framework for the optimal …

We consider the problem of traffic grooming in WDM path, star, and tree networks. Traffic
grooming is a variant of the well-known logical topology design, and is concerned with the …

Traffic grooming refers to the techniques used to aggregate subwavelength traffic onto high
speed lightpaths, while at the same time minimizing some measure of network cost, usually …

This paper addresses the problem of dynamically provisioning both low-speed unicast and
multicast connection requests in mesh-based wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) …

The parallel existence of different transport technologies in today's networks is a challenging
aspect for network planning and operation. Due to the grooming and multiplexing …

Most of the network applications bandwidth requirements are far less than the bandwidth
offered by a full wavelength in WDM networks. Hence, traffic grooming is needed to make …

Self care is a recent initiative by the Department of Health in the UK that aims to treat
patients with long-term conditions sooner, nearer to home and earlier in the course of their …

We present a novel approach for joint optical network provisioning and Internet protocol (IP)
traffic engineering, in which the IP and optical networks collaboratively optimize a combined …

WDM networks are increasingly gaining popularity as the backbone networks all over the
world. In WDM network planning, electronic equipments like ADMs contribute heavily …