Emerging Optical Network Technologies: Architectures, Protocols and Performance

by Suresh Subramaniam and Krishna M. Sivalingam

Optical networks have moved from laboratory settings and theoretical research to real-world deployment and service-oriented explorations. New technologies such as Ethernet PON, traffic grooming, regional and metropolitan network architectures and optical packet switching are being explored, and the landscape is continuously and rapidly evolving. Some of the important issues involving these new technologies involve the architectural, protocol, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1441935517
• ISBN13: 9781441935519
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 454 Pages
• Weight: 1.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"