The flex-grid technology or elastic optical network (EON) is accepted to be a propitious
solution for the future transport network due to its unique properties, which are bandwidth …

This paper investigates the prospects and challenges of hierarchical optical path networks.
The merits and issues of introducing higher order optical paths are elucidated. State of the …

The rapid growth in communications and internet has changed our way of life, and our
requirement for communication bandwidth. Optical networks can enable us to meet the …

Mobile network operators, with decreasing revenue but high network performance
requirements, are standing at a crossroads. Investing in 3GPP defined highly functional …

An essential task in radar systems is to find an appropriate solution to the problems related
to robust signal processing and the definition of signal parameters. Signal Processing in …

A control-plane architecture for supporting advance reservation of dedicated bandwidth
channels on a switched network infrastructure is described including the front-end web …

There has been an increasing number of network deployments that provide dedicated
connections through on-demand and in-advance scheduling in support of high-performance …

In photonic label routing networks, optical recognition of optical labels is one of the key
functions. We propose a passive waveguide-type device for recognition of optical coded …

Spectrum conversion can improve the performance of orthogonal frequency division
multiplexing (OFDM)-based elastic optical networks (EONs) by relaxing the continuity …

The transport network paradigm is changing as evidenced by IP convergence and the
divergence of architectures and technologies. Harnessing the full power of light will spur the …