Optical Networks : Design and Modelling / IFIP TC6 Second International Working Conference on Optical Network Design and Modelling (ONDM’98) February 9-11, 1998 Rome, Italy

Optical network design and modelling is an essential issue for planning and operating networks for the next century. The main issues in optical networking are being widely investigated, not only for WDM networks but also for optical TDM and optical packet switching. This book contributes to further progress in optical network architectures, design, operation and management and covers the following topics in detail: Routing strategies and algorithms for optical networks; Network planning and design; Wavelength conversion and wavelength assignment in optical networks; Technologies for optical networks (transport, access and local area networks); Transmission aspects in wide area optical networks; New paradigms for traffic modelling. This book contains the selected proceedings of the Second International Working Conference on Optical Network Design and Modelling, which was sponsored by the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP), and held in February 1998, in Rome, Italy. This valuable new book will be essential reading for personnel in computer/communication industries, and for academic and research staff in computer science and electrical engineering. Front Matter....Pages I-XI Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Restoration methods for multi-service optical networks....Pages 3-12 Performance Evaluation of Photonic Networks under Dynamic Traffic Conditions....Pages 13-21 Front Matter....Pages 23-23 Devices for all-optical wavelength conversion and spectral inversion....Pages 25-29 Where to locate wavelength conversion in WDM networks?....Pages 31-36 Wavelength Assignment in WDM Networks — A Comparison of Approaches....Pages 37-43 Front Matter....Pages 45-45 An optically transparent ultra high speed LAN-ring employing OTDM....Pages 47-55 Efficient Multi-Hop Scheduling Algorithms for All-Optical WDM/TDM Broadcast-and-Select Networks with Arbitrary Transceiver Tuning Latencies....Pages 57-72 Analysis of Wireless Broadband Systems employing Optical Fiber Links....Pages 73-82 Front Matter....Pages 83-83 Impact of Transmission Performances on Path Routing in All-Optical Transport Networks....Pages 85-96 Electrical Dispersion Compensation for 10 Gbit/s Transmission Systems : Simulation Results....Pages 97-100 Front Matter....Pages 101-101 Modelling of system impairments due to Four Wave Mixing in Dispersion Shifted links having non uniform zero-dispersion wavelength....Pages 103-110 Investigation on the capacities of optically amplified transmission systems in Geographic Networks....Pages 111-120 Front Matter....Pages 121-121 Self-similarity in wide-area network traffic....Pages 123-130 The impact of the Hurst parameter on queueing performances using chaotic sequences....Pages 131-138 Performance Analysis of a Single Server Queue Loaded by Long Range Dependent Input Traffic....Pages 139-145 Front Matter....Pages 147-147 ATM and Optics....Pages 149-165 Designing physical topologies for wavelength-routed all-optical networks....Pages 167-174 Digital chaos synchronization in optical networks....Pages 175-186 Back Matter....Pages 187-187