Provides a comprehensive and updated account of WDM optical network
systems
Optical networking has advanced considerably since 2010. A host of new
technologies and applications has brought a significant change in
optical networks, migrating it towards an all-optical network. This book
places great emphasis on the network concepts, technology, and
methodologies that will stand the test of time and also help in
understanding and developing advanced optical network systems.
The first part of Optical WDM Networks: From Static to Elastic
Networks provides a qualitative foundation for what follows--presenting
an overview of optical networking, the different network architectures,
basic concepts, and a high-level view of the different network
structures considered in subsequent chapters. It offers a survey of
enabling technologies and the hardware devices in the physical layer,
followed by a more detailed picture of the network in the remaining
chapters. The next sections give an in-depth study of the three basic
network structures: the static broadcast networks, wavelength routed
networks, and the electronic/optical logically routed networks, covering
the characteristics of the optical networks in the access, metropolitan
area, and long-haul reach. It discusses the networking picture; network
control and management, impairment management and survivability. The
last section of the book covers the upcoming technologies of flex-grid
and software defined optical networking.
- Provides concise, updated, and comprehensive coverage of WDM optical
networks
- Features numerous examples and exercise problems for the student to
practice
- Covers, in detail, important topics, such as, access, local area,
metropolitan, wide area all-optical and elastic networks
- Includes protocols, design, and analysis along with the control and
management of the networks
- Offers exclusive chapters on advance topics to cover the present and
future technological trends, such as, software defined optical
networking and the flexible grid optical networks
Optical WDM Networks: From Static to Elastic Networks is an excellent
book for under and post graduate students in electrical/communication
engineering. It will also be very useful to practicing professionals in
communications, networking, and optical systems.
