Fiber-Wireless (FiWi) network, as an integration of optical fiber network and wireless access
network, has attracted intensive research interest and enjoyed significant growth in its …

The current trend is to integrate a constantly increasing number of services in the same
communication network. Some services have very high resilience requirements, while other …

In a wavelength-division-muliplexing (WDM) optical network, the failure of network elements
(eg, fiber links and cross connects) may cause the failure of several optical channels …

Communication networks are vulnerable to natural disasters, such as earthquakes or floods,
as well as to physical attacks, such as an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack. Such real …

The rapid pace of development in both Internet applications and emerging optical
technologies is bringing about fundamental changes in networking philosophies. Key trends …

Fiber-optic networks are vulnerable to natural disasters, such as tornadoes or earthquakes,
as well as to physical failures, such as an anchor cutting underwater fiber cables. Such real …

The exponentially growing number of Internet users armed with emerging multimedia
Internet applications is continuously thirsty for more network capacity. Wavelength-division …

This paper is an introduction to survivability of WDM networks. All the main optical protection
techniques proposed as far as now for the WDM layer are classified and reviewed. In …

Network survivability is a crucial requirement in high-speed optical networks. Typical
approaches of providing survivability have considered the failure of a single component …

This paper looks at several aspects of optical layer protection techniques from an
implementation perspective. We discuss the factors that affect the complexity of optical …